It’s divided into 13 schools and colleges, the biggest of which is the College of Liberal Arts. The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest schools in the nation. Its in-state tuition and fees are $11,698 out-of-state tuition and fees are $41,070. University of Texas at Austin's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #32. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 41,309 (fall 2022), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 431 acres. Retrieved February 13, 2014.University of Texas at Austin is a public institution that was founded in 1883. ^ ' Board of Directors' Archived February 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.^ 'Big Money for Plan II' Geoff Abraham, The Alcalde.^ 'The Ligon-Lamsam Study Abroad Challenge: Plan II Alumnus Austin Ligon Gives $200,000 for Study Abroad, Encourages Others to Give'.^ 'Austin Ligon and Carmax' Archived January 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Suzanne Ridgway,.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Business Week, November 27, 1995. ^ 'Used-car market rides the technology wave: Though the segment is relatively immune to downturn, the slow pace at which the market adapts to internet use is a challenge to ' Business Standard, January 20, 2014.^ 'Rev.com freelance market launches with $4.5M funding' Silicon Valley Business Journal, March 26, 2013.^ a b 'CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon joins Redfin board' Puget Sound Business Journal, September 23, 2010.^ 'Austin Ligon Appointed Gazelle Chairman: CarMax Co-Founder brings extensive retail experience to Gazelle' Reuters, April 7, 2011.in 1980 from the Yale School of Management. in Economics in 1978 from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.B.A. He studied at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima, Peru in 1972/73. He received a lifetime achievement award at The Tejas Club's 85th anniversary in October 2010. in 1973 from the Plan II Honors program at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Tejas Club. He also serves on the board of several venture start-up companies. He was formerly an advisory board member of the Yale School of Management, the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas Austin, and advisory board chairman of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University Ligon created the “Ligon-Lamsam International Study Abroad” fund at the University of Texas at Austin. John’s College (Annapolis and Santa Fe), and, formerly, The University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO). He is a member of the governing board of St. The primary focus of Ligon's community involvement is education. He worked as a health economist in Dallas and San Antonio during 1976-78, and was a Teaching Fellow in economics at the University of Texas at Austin from 1973 to 1976. Ligon was previously a senior consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in London, England, from 1980 to 1983 and an independent financial consultant in Bangkok, Thailand during 1983-84. He joined Marriott in 1984 as director of corporate planning, and served as vice president of both marketing and concept general management in the family restaurant division. Ligon came to Circuit City from Marriott Corporation where he had been senior vice president of strategic planning for Marriott Hotels and Resorts. He added the title of CEO upon the company’s spin off from Circuit City in 2002. He led the company through a decade and a half of rapid growth, including its IPO as a tracking stock of Circuit City in 1997. VP of Automotive in 1992, and President of CarMax in 1995. Ligon and Richard Sharp, then CEO of Circuit City, developed the CarMax idea together in 1991 and launched the first CarMax store in Richmond, Virginia, in 1993. Among his recent investments are Gazelle, Redfin, Rev.com, Car Trade (India), Eneza Education ( Kenya) and Tazza Kitchen. He retired in June 2006, and is now a private angel-stage investor. 1951) is the co-founder and retired CEO of CarMax.

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