This Is TCU

A Home With Texas-Sized Opportunities

Fort Worth:
13^th
largest city in America by population

Dallas/Fort Worth:
4^th
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:
3^rd
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)

12,785 students
47.8% live on campus

55.7^%
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

^#5
Best alumni network (private schools), The Princeton Review (2023)

6X 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

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)

1^st
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

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.

A top 100

Best National University.
U.S. News & World Report
13 years in a row

Top 100
Best Colleges for Nursing
U.S. News & World Report (2023)

Top 50
Full-Time MBA Program
U.S. News & World Report (2023)

1st medical school
with communication embedded
in curriculum all 4 years

6,329
medical school applications for 60 spots
(Class of 2026)

$2.4 billion
endowment

40
Fulbright Scholars since 2012

As one of the oldest co-ed institutions in the southwest, TCU celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2023.