This fall, UNT opened the campus to nearly 38,000 students for a semester of exciting possibilities. From help moving into the residence hall to celebrations at New Student Convocation and Mean Green Fling, and new connections at First Flight Week, students were embraced by their Mean Green family and encouraged to find the support they need from the start. UNT offers endless opportunities to learn, grow and connect.

"I love the start of a new school year," UNT President Neal Smatresk says, "because it's a wonderful reminder of why we're all here -- to give our students the best education possible so they can fulfill their dreams and change the world."

Here's a by-the-numbers look showing how UNT provides students with an excellent educational experience:

Campus life

• Nearly 38,000 -- Students who chose UNT this fall
• 6,200 -- Students live on campus this fall
• 163 -- Residence assistants who are live-in staff working in UNT's 15 residence halls
• 39 -- Fraternities and sororities on campus
• 2,500 -- International students, coming from 133 countries
• 200 -- Exercise machines available in the Pohl Recreation Center
• 1,295,000 -- Entrances annually to UNT cafeterias
• 1,442,000 -- Transactions annually at UNT's 21 on-campus retail food shops
• 119,000 -- Guests served annually by UNT Dining Services' catered events
• Five -- On-campus dining halls, including Mean Greens Café, the first fully vegan cafeteria at any major university
• 15,250 -- Students each semester who participate in recreational sports
• 55 -- Fitness classes offered each week at the Pohl Recreation Center
• 400 -- Student organizations on campus
• 45,000 -- Individuals who participated in the 184 programs coordinated or co-sponsored by the Student Activities Center during the 2015-16 academic year
• 393,000 -- Alumni in the UNT network

Academics

• No. 1 -- Ranked a Tier One research university by the Carnegie Classification, UNT is a catalyst for creativity, fueling progress, innovation and entrepreneurship for the North Texas region and state
• 100, 83, 37 -- Bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, respectively, offered at UNT
• 10, 12, 58 -- Divisions, colleges and schools, and departments, respectively, that make up UNT
• 62 -- Academic programs with national Top 100 rankings
• 21 -- Years in a row, UNT has been named one of America's 100 Best College Buys®
• 11 -- New National Merit Finalists
• 1,800 -- Honors College students
• 144 -- Terry Scholars
• 1,900 -- Faculty members, including distinguished scholars, researchers and artists
• 1,500 -- Hours of tutoring provided to 122 students who are in the first generation of their families to attend college, have low incomes or have documented disabilities, through the TRIO/Student Support Services program during the 2015-16 academic year
• 7 million -- Cataloged materials available for research in UNT libraries
• 450,000 -- Annual logins on UNT library computers
• 8,500 -- Degree awarded in 2015-16

Community service

• 14,500 -- Hours that students, alumni and staff spend volunteering through the Center for Leadership and Service each year
• 2,100 -- Faculty, staff, students and alumni who volunteered at the 2016 Big Event
• 1,300 -- Visits made to the UNT Food Pantry since it opened in January 2015
• 900 -- Volunteers gathered by a team of six students in support of UNT's community garden, scheduled to open in spring 2017

Sustainability

• 5,200 -- Trees on UNT property
• 8 -- Years as a Tree Campus USA
• 13 -- Student-led sustainability projects completed last year through the We Mean Green Fund
• 3,000 -- Reusable aluminum bottles distributed at EarthFest as part of UNT Sustainability's Bring Your Own Bottle initiative
• 12,000 -- Plastic bottles recycled weekly
• 240 -- Tons of paper recycled annually
• 110 -- Tons of cardboard recycled annually
• 4,800 -- Pounds of aluminum cans recycled annually

Facilities

• 112 -- Engraved custom pavers outside the University Union's Highland Street entrance purchased by UNT alumni and friends
• 286 -- Vehicles in the university fleet
• 3,723,000 -- Square feet of space cleaned and maintained by UNT's 111 custodial and moving/hauling workers
• 900 -- Acres that make up UNT's campus
• 166 -- Buildings maintained by UNT's facilities department
• 7.2 -- Million gross square feet that make up UNT's footprint
• 37,000 -- Maintenance and repair work requests filed annually
• 16,000 -- Light bulbs changed each year
• 113,000 -- Rolls of toilet paper used annually in non-residence halls
• 75 -- Construction projects completed throughout campus during summer 2016
• 311,000 -- Gallons of water in UNT recreational swimming pools

Athletics

• 16 -- NCAA Division I Mean Green athletic teams that compete in Conference USA
• 123 -- Conference championships earned by UNT athletic teams
• 4 -- Number of national championships earned by UNT athletic teams