This Is TCU
A Home With Texas-Sized Opportunities
In the Sweet Spot
Dallas/Fort Worth:
4th
largest metro area in the nation
Fort Worth:
3rd
fastest-growing
large city in the U.S.
4 hours
or less from anywhere in the continental U.S. to Dallas/Fort Worth
Top 5
media market with nearly 3 million households
DFW Airport:
3rd
busiest airport in the world
Dallas/Fort Worth: Home to
22
Fortune 500 companies
Dallas/Fort Worth: Home to
6
major league sports teams
Fort Worth:
1 of 50
best places to travel, Travel & Leisure (2021)
Our Community
12,273 students
51% live on campus
50%
of students hail from outside Texas
$1 Billion
Lead On: A Campaign for TCU
Our most ambitious effort yet in support of people and programs
Largest out-of-state alumni chapters:
1. Southern California
2. Northern California
3. Denver
4. Chicago
5. New York City
5X winner
of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award
#3
best-run colleges
The Princeton Review (2023)
92%
first-year to sophomore retention rate
Our Scorecard
6
sports reached the NCAA Sweet 16 or further
(2022-23)
10
national coach of the year awards for Head Football Coach
Sonny Dykes
(2022)
1st
Texas program to make the College Football Playoff
and Big 12 Conference member to play in the CFP National Championship
$40 million
Athletics Human Performance Center renovation and expansion project to begin in early
2024
Almost $500 million
donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades since 2012
10
sports in the
National Top 25
(2022-23)
7
Big 12 baseball championships,
twice as many as any other school
Zero
student cost
to attend athletic events
Men's Basketball
appeared in NCAA Tournament
2
years in a row
Lead On
At TCU, we’re doing more than dreaming of a new future – we’re leading it. Every day, we empower leaders to become a force for the greater good.
The Brains Behind the Brawn
6,329
medical school applications for 60 spots
(Class of 2026)
$2.4 billion
endowment
A Storied History
As one of the oldest co-ed institutions in the southwest, TCU celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2023.