Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
48.1%
10,906 admitted
SAT · 50th
1240
Range 1110–1330
6-yr grad
86.0%
Retention 93.4%
Undergrads
13:1 S-F
Admissions
43.4% / 55.5%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications22,680
Overall admit rate48.1%
In-state admit rate43.4%
Out-of-state admit rate55.5%
Enrolled2,754 · 25.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist396 of 3,676
Very important factorsGPA, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Recs, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1240
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1110–1330 · 27.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W560630680
Math540620660
Comp111012401330
ACT
255075
Comp263031
Cost & aid
$66,520
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$66,520
Fees$90
Room & board$18,780
Books$700
Avg need-based grant$50,820
% need met75.3%
Avg debt at graduation$46,027
Academics
13 : 1
student-faculty ratio
93.4% retention
Student-faculty13 : 1
Retention93.4%
4-year graduation75.0%
6-year graduation86.0%
Enrollment
undergraduates
48.0% out-of-state · 81 intl freshmen
First-year2,754
Transfer394
Full-time98%
Female62%
Out-of-state48.0%
International (freshmen)81
Rankings
#29
Princeton Review
Undergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#2926
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#7426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#7726
NicheBest Colleges in America#8126
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#9726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#12026
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#21426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R2 Research University
Carnegie Classification
54 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR2 Research University54
Athletic conferenceBig 12 Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingTexas colleges14
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$50
application fee
waivable
Regular decision2/1 → 4/1 → May 1
Early decision11/1 → 1/1 · binding
Early decision 22/1
Early action11/1 → 1/1
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 3 Sci, 1 SciLab, 2 FL, 3 SS
Admissions URLhttps://admissions.tcu.edu/apply/
Admissions emailfrogmail@tcu.edu
Admissions phone817-257-7490
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Southern Methodist…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Southern Methodist University TX · Private (nonprofit)47.6%1410
University of Texas at Austin TX · Public26.6%
Texas A&M University TX · Public62.6%127059K
Baylor University TX · Private (nonprofit)52.2%128014K
University of Oklahoma OK · Public77.6%123222K
Tulane University of Louisiana LA · Private (nonprofit)14.5%14606K
University of Denver CO · Private (nonprofit)85.4%12805K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Texas Christian University

24 years of Texas Christian University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.