Texas Christian University Overview

Located in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Texas Christian University Known For?

• Students at TCU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at TCU is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, TCU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $61,325 a year. That's about 50% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from TCU to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Texas Christian University Rankings

According to our 2023 analysis, TCU is ranked #59 out of 2,018 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. TCU also holds the #3 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

TCU has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#15	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at TCU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Multilingual Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Movement & Mind-Body Therapies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards TCU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#14	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#22	Best Health Professions Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#23	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#41	Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	College Factual
#49	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#69	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Texas Christian University?

Contact details for TCU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129
Phone:	817-257-7000
Website:	www.tcu.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/TCUTexasChristianUniversity
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/tcu

How Do I Get Into TCU?

You can apply to TCU online at: admissions.tcu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for TCU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into TCU?

TCU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 48%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 47%, and the acceptance rate for women is 49%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to TCU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 660.

TCU received ACT scores from 46% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 24 and 29. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Texas Christian University?

The overall average net price of TCU is $53,406. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At TCU, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $15,584 a year. That adds up to $62,336 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at TCU is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Texas Christian University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,704 undergraduate students at TCU, with 9,448 being full-time and 256 being part-time.

There are also 1,675 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,448 full-time undergraduates at TCU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Texas Christian University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	265
Black or African American	518
Hispanic or Latino	1,481
White	6,342
International Students	379
Other Races/Ethnicities	463

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Texas Christian University. At this time, 45 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at TCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, China, and India.

Online Learning at Texas Christian University

In 2019-2020, 10,797 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at TCU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 68th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of TCU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Texas Christian University was $51,660 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how TCU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#70	#70
Liberal Arts General Studies	#70	#70

Online Growth Rankings of TCU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Texas Christian University was 310.4%. This is the #218 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at TCU regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of TCU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions	1%
Nursing	6%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at TCU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at TCU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#25
Nursing	#26
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#31
Liberal Arts General Studies	#31
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#31
Health Professions	#121

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Texas Christian University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	193	13	2	83	291
Business Administration & Management	0	79	0	139	0	218
Communication & Media Studies	0	167	0	8	0	175
Finance & Financial Management	0	168	0	0	0	168
Accounting	0	81	0	44	0	125
Marketing	0	120	0	0	0	120
Political Science & Government	0	113	0	0	0	113
Public Relations & Advertising	0	96	0	7	0	103
Economics	0	97	0	0	0	97
General Psychology	0	88	0	4	4	96
General Biology	0	86	0	5	0	91
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	44	0	38	0	82
Social Work	0	52	0	21	0	73
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	49	1	17	0	67
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	13	0	48	0	61
Computer Systems Analysis	0	59	0	0	0	59
Real Estate	0	57	0	0	0	57
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	51	0	5	0	56
Music	0	17	11	24	2	54
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	50	0	0	0	50
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	45	0	0	0	45
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	42	0	0	3	45
General Engineering	0	45	0	0	0	45
Communication Sciences	0	24	0	19	2	45
Educational Administration	0	0	0	28	16	44
Design & Applied Arts	0	43	0	0	0	43
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	0	41	0	0	0	41
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies	0	34	0	0	0	34
Child Development & Psychology	0	30	0	4	0	34
Drama & Theater Arts	0	32	0	0	0	32
History	0	24	0	3	3	30
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	28	1	29
Journalism	0	27	0	0	0	27
Computer Information Systems	0	23	0	0	0	23
Writing Studies	0	16	0	0	7	23
Mathematics	0	20	0	2	1	23
General English Literature	0	18	0	2	2	22
Natural Sciences	0	22	0	0	0	22
Fine & Studio Arts	0	13	0	9	0	22
Dance	0	20	0	0	0	20
Nutrition Science	0	19	0	0	0	19
Health & Physical Education	0	11	0	4	1	16
Sociology	0	16	0	0	0	16
Agricultural Economics & Business	10	5	0	0	0	15
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	14	0	0	0	14
Ethnic Studies	0	14	0	0	0	14
Romance Languages	0	14	0	0	0	14
Special Education	0	5	0	8	0	13
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	12	0	0	0	12
Allied Health Professions	0	12	0	0	0	12
Natural Resources Conservation	0	10	0	2	0	12
Chemistry	0	8	0	0	4	12
Student Counseling	0	0	0	9	2	11
Philosophy	0	11	0	0	0	11
Geography & Cartography	0	8	0	0	0	8
Religious Studies	0	7	0	0	0	7
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	4	0	3	0	7
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	6	0	6
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
International Relations & National Security	0	6	0	0	0	6
Physics	0	3	0	2	0	5
Anthropology	0	4	0	0	0	4
General Education	0	3	0	0	0	3
Area Studies	0	2	0	0	0	2
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	1	0	0	1	2
Multilingual Education	0	1	0	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sacred Music	0	0	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	10	2,396	25	491	132	3,054

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Amymay52 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.