by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Texas Christian University was awarded 112 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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TCU is ranked #112 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
TCU also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
If you're applying to Texas Christian University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 56%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 18% of students accepted to TCU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 560 and 680.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Texas Christian University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Texas Christian University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Texas Christian University has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At TCU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 70%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,704 undergraduates at TCU with 9,448 being full-time and 256 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,156 | $24,475 | $28,768 | $36,292 | $48,613 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of TCU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At TCU, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $14,299 a year. That adds up to $57,196 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for TCU are given below.Contact Details Address: 2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129 Phone: 817-257-7000 Website: https://www.tcu.edu/
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates Nursing 288 $77,808 Business Administration & Management 229 $71,984 Finance & Financial Management 212 $78,453 Accounting 168 $72,031 Public Relations & Advertising 159 $48,053 Marketing 137 $68,497 Communication & Media Studies 129 $32,123 Economics 111 $54,462 General Psychology 103 $42,108 General Biology 99 $19,218
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 426 students took at least one online class at Texas Christian University. This is an increase from the 363 students who took online classes the previous year.Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online 2022-2023 426 245 2021-2022 363 218 2020-2021 10,797 2,646 2018-2019 283 184
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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