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Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university[2] in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College.[8] It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).[9]

Former name

Add-Ran Male & Female College (1873–1889)
Add-Ran Christian University (1889–1902)

Disciplina est Facultas

"Knowledge is power"[1]

Private research university[2]

1873 (1873)

SACS

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

$2.6 billion (2023)[4]

Victor Boschini

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg

981 (623 Full-time)

12,785 (Fall 2023)[5]

10,915 (Fall 2023)[5]

1,820 (Fall 2023)[5]

Fort Worth
,
Texas
,
United States

32°42′35″N 97°21′50″W / 32.7096°N 97.3640°W / 32.7096; -97.3640

Large city[6], 325 acres (132 ha)

TCU 360

Purple and white[7]
   

Horned Frogs

Horned Frog

www.tcu.edu

The campus is located on 302 acres (122 ha) about 10 miles (5 km) from downtown Fort Worth. The university consists of nine constituent colleges and schools. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[2] According to the National Science Foundation, the university received approximately $19 million in research and development funding in 2022, ranking it 298th in the nation for research revenue and expenditures.[10]


TCU's mascot is Superfrog, based on the Texas state reptile: the horned frog. For most varsity sports, TCU competes in the Big 12 conference of the NCAA's Division I. As of fall 2023, the university enrolled around 12,785 students, with 10,915 being undergraduates.[5]

Undergraduate admissions statistics

53.6

(Neutral increase +16)

24.1

(Decrease −1.1)

1140–1345

26–31

Unranked

302

98 (tie)

352

247

Unranked

Unranked

Unranked

1394 (tie)

AddRan College of Liberal Arts

Bob Schieffer College of Communication

College of Education

College of Fine Arts

College of Science and Engineering

Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences

M. J. Neeley School of Business

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Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

John V. Roach Honors College[49]

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"Skiff x 360" (Skiff by 360), previously The Daily Skiff, is TCU's weekly newspaper founded in 2013 in association with tcu360. The original daily was published since 1902. The weekly publication is published on Thursdays.

[56]

TCU360.com, founded in July 2011, is the online news platform that hosts original 360 content as well as content from all the other student media platforms.

[57]

Image Magazine is TCU's student magazine, published once a semester and focuses on investigative, in-depth campus issues.

The Horned Frog is the school yearbook.

TCU broadcasts its own radio station, 88.7, "The Choice." KTCU can be heard throughout much of Fort Worth/Dallas, and offers programming which includes music, talk, and live broadcasts Horned Frog football, basketball, and baseball games.

KTCU-FM

emeritus professor of finance

Stanley Block

academic administrator and engineering professor

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg

American historian

Gene A. Smith

American Civil War historian

Steven E. Woodworth

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Official website

TCU Athletics website