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Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southwest·tcu.edu
6-yr Graduation
86%
+9.0pp vs R2 Research
Total enrollment
12,938
peer median 9,259
Avg net price
$36,660
+$3.6k vs R2 Research
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About

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
22,307
22,307 candidates competed
Admitted
9,925
44.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
2,453
24.7% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
86%+9.0pp vs R2 Research
4-year graduation
74%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
85%
Full-time retention
93%

Pell equity

8.5pp gap
Pell recipients
78%206 of 263
Non-Pell (all)
86%1677 of 1939
Subsidized loan, no Pell
82%259 of 314
No Federal Aid
87%1418 of 1625

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 148 Title IV programs, 39 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 108 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
148
Passing
39
26.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
0.7% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.7%
+0.1pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

148programs
  • Passing39 · 26.4%
  • No Data108 · 73.0%
  • Failing1 · 0.7%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
38
No data
108

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

40
Music
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-0.9%
$47,885 vs $48,304
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+17.2%
$71,266 vs $60,823
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+27.6%
$42,483 vs $33,298
Theological and Ministerial Studies
Master's Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
+33.3%
$59,368 vs $44,535
Curriculum and Instruction
Master's Degree · Education
+33.4%
$61,906 vs $46,391
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+36.8%
$60,329 vs $44,091
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Master's Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+44.7%
$67,586 vs $46,700
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+54.0%
$51,292 vs $33,298

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Music
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-0.9%
−$419

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

33
Theological and Ministerial Studies
Master's Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
115%
$68,500 debt · $59,368 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
86%
$52,139 debt · $60,329 earn
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
51%
$21,500 debt · $42,483 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
49%
$25,000 debt · $51,292 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
45%
$25,400 debt · $56,791 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
43%
$27,000 debt · $62,392 earn
Educational Administration and Supervision
Master's Degree · Education
41%
$31,334 debt · $76,034 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
40%
$79,082 debt · $200,329 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 2007Next review Dec 2032
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1922Next review Jun 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 12

Action history · 30

  1. Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Oct 2024Approved for Distance Education
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
  3. Dec 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jul 2023Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  5. Jul 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$17,956
$30–48k$16,980
$48–75k$17,940
$75–110k$34,990
$110k+$53,450

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$36,660
+$3,598vs R2 Research median $33,062
Federal loans
25.1%
In-state tuition
$61,740
Out-of-state
$61,740

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 2,212 students received $13.5M in Pell grants, alongside $92.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,212
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$13.5M
$13,489,729 total
Direct Loans
$92.2M
6,180 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$8.4M
1,849 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$9.4M
2,277 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$17.4M
609 loan awards
Parent PLUS$44.2M
1,114 loan awards
Grad PLUS$12.8M
331 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,285 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.5%
-0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,285
Defaulted
20
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.7%
2017
3.4%
2018
2.7%
2019
1.5%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Texas Christian

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs133
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

3,447 total completions
01Business
1,34038.9%
02Health Professions
49314.3%
03Communication
40011.6%
04Social Sciences
2326.7%
05Education
2306.7%
06Psychology
1935.6%
07Visual/Performing Arts
1704.9%
08Multi/Interdisciplinary
1353.9%
09Biological Sciences
1293.7%
10Computer Sciences
1253.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
12,938
12-mo unduplicated
13,518
Undergraduate
11,334
Graduate
2,184

Gender split

Men
39%5,306
Women
61%8,212

Race / ethnicity composition

White
62.0%
Hispanic
19.3%
Non-resident
4.5%
Two or more
4.3%
Black
3.9%
Unknown
3.1%
Asian
2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
553
286 M · 267 W
Women athletes
48.3%
Athletic aid
$25.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$156.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$14.5M
$10.7M
Recruiting expense
$1.6M
$718K
Head-coach salaries
$1.8M
$253K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
109 M · 112 W
$5.2M
Football
130 M · —
$59.6M
Swimming and Diving (combined)
27 M · 34 W
$4.0M
Equestrian
— · 44 W
$5.7M
Baseball
41 M · —
$8.2M
Soccer
— · 38 W
$3.4M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.38
56 offenses · 12,785 students

3-year trend

2.092 yrs ago3.101 yr ago4.38Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
119
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
56
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
28
Rape
13
Burglary
7
Fondling
5
Aggravated assault
2
Arson
1

By location

56total
  • On campus53
  • Non-campus1
  • Public property2

Includes 18 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

19
Domestic violence
2
Dating violence
15
Stalking
36 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Race1
  • Sexual orientation1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs427
Liquor1190

Residence-hall fires

  • Samuelson Hall1 fire
    ElectricalDamage $1,000-$9,999
  • GrandMarc North1 fire
    CookingDamage $1,000-$9,999

Data quality: 9 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
751

Texas Christian vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Texas Christian selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectTexas Christian University
86%—12,938$36,660R2 Research
American University
75%62.0%12,321$41,943R2 Research
Azusa Pacific University
62%88.4%6,272$22,212R2 Research
Brigham Young University
81%67.8%35,873$15,564R2 Research
Chapman University
82%65.4%9,760$46,555R2 Research
Claremont Graduate University
——1,771—R2 Research
Clark Atlanta University
49%64.2%4,252$37,702R2 Research
Clark University
77%39.5%3,925$28,714R2 Research
Clarkson University
75%77.4%3,348$30,305R2 Research
Creighton University
83%79.8%8,581$31,568R2 Research
DePaul University
68%75.9%21,210$30,902R2 Research
Duquesne University
77%83.6%8,234$37,730R2 Research
Florida Institute of Technology
62%57.7%8,992$35,639R2 Research
Fordham University
82%59.3%16,150$44,338R2 Research
Howard University
70%41.3%14,890$50,539R2 Research
Illinois Institute of Technology
75%54.9%8,834$18,425R2 Research
Lehigh University
88%25.9%7,692$36,931R2 Research
Loma Linda University
——4,210—R2 Research
Long Island University
55%86.2%16,689$33,062R2 Research
Loyola Marymount University
79%45.1%10,179$48,381R2 Research
Loyola University Chicago
75%81.6%17,384$36,079R2 Research
Marquette University
83%81.3%11,746$31,487R2 Research
Mercer University
70%68.9%9,196$23,847R2 Research
Nova Southeastern University
63%73.2%20,910$30,371R2 Research
Rochester Institute of Technology
71%66.9%17,098$34,906R2 Research
Saint Louis University
80%75.0%17,059$24,398R2 Research
Seton Hall University
69%73.3%9,571$31,446R2 Research
Southern Methodist University
84%63.3%12,116$40,892R2 Research
Stevens Institute of Technology
87%47.6%8,469$41,346R2 Research
Teachers College at Columbia University
——4,401—R2 Research
The Catholic University of America
79%82.8%5,243$29,561R2 Research
The New School
69%63.5%9,068$58,741R2 Research
Thomas Jefferson University
69%81.0%8,238$28,928R2 Research
University of Dayton
80%65.4%10,506$29,533R2 Research
University of New England
70%91.6%6,573$38,107R2 Research
University of San Diego
84%52.4%9,714$30,365R2 Research
University of Tulsa
72%61.5%3,914$15,000R2 Research
Villanova University
92%27.0%10,041$43,756R2 Research
Wake Forest University
89%21.7%9,322$28,719R2 Research
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
90%60.2%7,584$43,071R2 Research
Peer group median77%65.4%9,259$33,062

Institutions like Texas Christian

Explore the federal data for institutions in Texas Christian's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campus network

Texas Christian is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.

IPEDS
Part ofBrite Divinity SchoolFort Worth, TX · Main campus
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Texas Christian Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
ir [at] tcu.edu
Address
TCU Box 297020, Fort Worth, TX 76129

TCU Institutional Research serves as the university’s official source for accurate, timely, and reliable data, supporting both internal and external reporting.

Visit IR office page
Team
6 members
  • Laurie Harris
    Director
  • David Allen
    Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
  • Lindsey Millns
    Associate Director
  • Jonathan Turner
    Data Scientist
  • Brittany Schmitz
    Survey Coordinator
  • Alyssa Jackson
    Survey Coordinator

Research funding

External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

NSF
NIH awards
$6,241,046
USA Spending
$35,683,733
All sources
$41,924,779

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Grants & funding (1)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

USA Spending

Notable alumni of Texas Christian (20)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Beverley Bass
    Aviation
  • Bob Schieffer
    Journalism
  • Chris Klein
    Entertainment
  • Dan Jenkins
    Writing and Journalism
  • Sue Monk Kidd
    Writing and Journalism
  • LaDainian Tomlinson
    Sports
  • Jason Verrett
    Sports
  • Angela Stanford
    Sports
  • Davey O'Brien
    Sports
  • Eddie Bernice Johnson
    Politics
  • Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
    Politics
  • Wendy Davis
    Politics
Showing 1–12 of 20
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Frequently asked questions about Texas Christian University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Texas Christian.

What is the graduation rate at Texas Christian University?

Texas Christian University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 86% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Texas Christian University?

Texas Christian University reports a total enrollment of 12,938 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Texas Christian University?

The average net price at Texas Christian University is $36,660 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Texas Christian University?

Texas Christian University's yield rate is 24.7%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Texas Christian University located?

Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas 76129.

Who runs Institutional Research at Texas Christian University?

Texas Christian University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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