This Is TCU

A National University With Texas-Sized Opportunities

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

Dallas/Fort Worth:
4^th
largest metro area in the nation

Fort Worth:
#1
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 over 3 million households

DFW Airport:
3^rd
busiest airport in the world

Dallas/Fort Worth: Home to
21
Fortune 500 companies

Dallas/Fort Worth: Home to
6
major league sports teams

Fort Worth:
1 ^of 50
best places to travel, Travel & Leisure (2024)

12,938 students
48% live on campus

55.6^%
of students hail from outside Texas (Class of 2028)

$1 Billion Surpassed
In support of people and programs through Lead On: A Campaign for TCU

Largest out-of-state alumni chapters:
1. Southern California
2. Northern California
3. Denver
4. Chicago
5. New York City

Lifetime career counseling for graduates

7X winner
of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award

^#2
best-run colleges
The Princeton Review (2025)

93%
first-year to sophomore retention rate

2
National Championships in 2024

10
national coach of the year awards for Head Football Coach
Sonny Dykes

1^st
Texas program to make the College Football Playoff
and Big 12 Conference member to play in the CFP National Championship

$52 million
Mike and Brenda Harrison Football Performance Center renovation and expansion project to be completed in 2025

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
3
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
14 years in a row

Top 100
Best Colleges for Nursing
U.S. News & World Report (2024)

Top 50
Full-Time MBA Program
U.S. News & World Report (2024)

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

6,590
medical school applications for 60 spots
(Class of 2028)

$2.4 billion
endowment

98^%
of students are employed, continuing education, in military service or other positive outcomes within 6 months of graduation