Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX · Private · Large city · Carnegie R1/R2 · TCU
Private institution in Fort Worth, TX · 10,919 undergraduates · 43% acceptance rate · $68,424 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 6%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 8%Full-time retention
- Top 11%Undergraduates
- Top 12%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $33,5311,824th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $57,2201,919th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $57,2201,917th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $72,7781,850th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,500813th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $68,424310th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,435242nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 85.6%130th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 94.3%145th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 42.6%196th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1303191st highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 29132nd highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 10,919232nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,172nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 13.5%1,988th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 23 mi (DFW)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EDNov 1
- ED IIFeb 1
- EANov 1
- RDFeb 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $50
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 65 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems AnalysisComputer Science | bachelors | $73,949 | $71,351 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $67,507 | $61,020 |
| Engineering, GeneralEngineering | bachelors | $67,420 | $69,338 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $64,719 | $66,737 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $64,493 | $58,402 |
| Real EstateBusiness | bachelors | $64,493 | $63,005 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $64,281 | $71,015 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBusiness | bachelors | $59,350 | $52,107 |
| MarketingBusiness | bachelors | $57,657 | $58,221 |
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | $49,722 | $55,286 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $49,549 | $45,383 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $48,432 | $46,966 |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)source
- Founded in 1873source
- Athletic nickname: "Horned Frogs"source
- Amon G. Carter Stadium seats about 47,000source
- Competes in Big 12 Conferencesource
- School colors: Purple and Whitesource
- Mascot: Horned Frogsource
- Motto: "Disciplina est Facultas"source
- Campus size: about 325 acressource
- Athletic conference: Big 12source
- Fight song: "TCU Fight Song""source
- Notable alum: Luke Wilsonsource
- Notable alum: Betty Buckleysource
- Notable alum: Shantel VanSantensource
- Notable alum: Chris Kleinsource
- Notable alum: Cameron Norriesource
Athletics — 13 sports
NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $25,129,476 (M $14,468,095 · W $10,661,381)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Equestrian
- Football
- Golf
- Other Sports
- Rifle
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Beach Volleyball: 2025
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitetcu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 228875)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
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- Sports directoryAll 13 EADA programs at this school
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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