You're already in the UT system so, unless you're just terrible, you can move to any other school that's part of UT. If you're looking for north Texas, go for UT Arlington; they're more technology-focused than UT Dallas. Also, for a reasonably well-paying job, look at datacenter operations stuff. People who are skilled at Unix and scripting and who might want to work odd hours--great for a student--are in demand. SoftLayer and companies in the Infomart are always looking for folks.