Texas Woman’s University Overview

Texas Woman's University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Texas Woman’s University Known For?

• The highest award offered at TWU is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 98% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, TWU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $44,700 a year. That's about 10% more than their peers at other schools.

Texas Woman’s University Rankings

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.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#6	Best Value Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	College Factual
#13	Best Health & Physical Education Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#23	Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	College Factual
#26	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#29	Best Nursing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Texas Woman’s University?

Contact details for TWU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	304 Administration Dr, Denton, TX 76204
Phone:	940-898-2000
Website:	www.twu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/TexasWomansUniversity
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/twunews

How Do I Get Into TWU?

You can apply to TWU online at: www.applytexas.org/

Admission Requirements for TWU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into TWU?

With an acceptance rate of 86%, TWU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 11% of accepted students are men and 89% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 66% of students accepted to TWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 550. Math scores were between 430 and 530.

TWU received ACT scores from 48% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Texas Woman’s University?

The overall average net price of TWU is $23,386. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At TWU, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $5,458 a year. That adds up to $21,832 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at TWU is 6.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Texas Woman’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,388 undergraduate students at TWU, with 6,880 being full-time and 3,508 being part-time.

There are also 5,130 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,880 full-time undergraduates at TWU, 10% are male and 90% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Texas Woman's University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	679
Black or African American	1,263
Hispanic or Latino	2,192
White	2,325
International Students	85
Other Races/Ethnicities	336

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Texas Woman's University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at TWU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Texas Woman’s University

In 2017-2018, 9,231 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 47th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of TWU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Texas Woman's University was 1.0%. This is the #1,967 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at TWU regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health & Physical Education	19%
Human Development & Family Studies	1%
Library & Information Science	32%
Library Science	32%
Nutrition Science	13%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	19%
Special Education	3%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at TWU 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 TWU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Nutrition Science	#14
Communication Sciences	#22
Library & Information Science	#46
Library Science	#60
Mental & Social Health Services	#62
Health & Physical Education	#93
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#108
Human Development & Family Studies	#131
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	#158
Special Education	#180
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#201
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#312
Nursing	#445

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 Woman’s University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	453	22	210	48	733
Business Administration & Management	84	0	312	0	396
Library & Information Science	0	125	195	0	320
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	12	4	146	117	279
Liberal Arts General Studies	220	0	0	0	220
Health & Physical Education	143	19	26	5	193
Nutrition Science	89	0	69	1	159
Human Development & Family Studies	94	0	46	8	148
Health Sciences & Services	106	0	0	0	106
General Biology	81	0	5	0	86
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	8	74	0	82
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	79	0	0	0	79
General Psychology	79	0	0	0	79
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	46	20	66
Social Work	56	0	10	0	66
Communication Sciences	33	0	32	0	65
Sociology	53	0	8	4	65
Dental Support Services	56	0	0	0	56
Criminal Justice & Corrections	41	0	0	0	41
Computer Information Systems	20	8	11	0	39
Human Resource Management	38	0	0	0	38
Dance	26	0	7	4	37
Music	17	0	20	0	37
Student Counseling	0	0	34	0	34
Mathematics	26	0	8	0	34
Marketing	33	0	0	0	33
General Education	0	0	33	0	33
Fine & Studio Arts	24	0	8	0	32
General English Literature	22	0	9	0	31
Special Education	0	1	25	4	30
Political Science & Government	27	0	1	0	28
Accounting	25	0	0	0	25
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	15	9	24
Educational Administration	0	1	22	0	23
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	21	0	0	0	21
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	17	0	0	0	17
History	14	0	3	0	17
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	8	7	15
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	12	0	0	0	12
Finance & Financial Management	12	0	0	0	12
Medical Illustration & Informatics	12	0	0	0	12
Chemistry	6	0	6	0	12
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	11	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	7	0	2	0	9
Allied Health Professions	0	0	8	0	8
Ethnic Studies	0	2	3	2	7
Design & Applied Arts	7	0	0	0	7
General Family & Consumer Sciences	5	0	0	0	5
Writing Studies	0	0	0	3	3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	3	0	0	0	3
Legal Support Services	3	0	0	0	3
Culinary Arts	3	0	0	0	3
General Business/Commerce	2	0	0	0	2
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	2,061	190	1,414	232	3,897

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.