DENTON, Texas, Feb. 26 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release:

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UNT ranks fifth among Texas universities in TIME global rankings

The University of North Texas earned the distinction of being the fifth-highest ranked university in Texas in TIME magazine's latest global rankings of the world's top 500 universities. UNT comes in behind Rice University, UT Austin, Texas A&M and the University of Houston.