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{{Short description|Private research university in Fort Worth, Texas, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Texas Christian University
 | image_name             = Texas Christian University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.6
 | motto                  = ''Disciplina est Facultas''
 | mottoeng               = "Knowledge is power"<ref>{{cite web|title=TCU Stylebook 2014|url=http://www.mkc.tcu.edu/pdf/tcustylebook2014.pdf|publisher=Texas Christian University|access-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041106/http://www.mkc.tcu.edu/pdf/tcustylebook2014.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | motto_lang             = [[Latin language|Latin]]
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1873}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]<ref name="Carnegie Classification: Texas Christian University">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications {{pipe}} Institution Lookup|url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=228875 |publisher=Office of Institutional Research, Indiana University |access-date=February 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040238/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=228875 |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |url-status=live }} Uses data from 2013 to 2014.</ref>
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]
 | endowment              = $2.68 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $779.9 million (FY2026)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://finance.tcu.edu/accounting-financial-services/files/Fiscal-Year-2026-Operating-Budget-Book.pdf |title=Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget |date=April 12, 2025 |website=Finance & Administration |publisher=Texas Christian University |access-date=November 6, 2025 }}</ref>
 | chancellor             = Daniel W. Pullin
 | provost                = Floyd L. Wormley, Jr.
 | academic_staff         = 748 (fall 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TCU-Quick-Facts-final.pdf |title=Quick Facts - Fall 2024 |date=February 10, 2025 |website=Institutional Research |publisher=Texas Christian University |access-date=November 17, 2025 }}</ref>
 | students               = 12,980 (fall 2025)<ref name="TCUquickfacts">{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TCU-Quick-Facts-2025.pdf |title=Quick Facts - Fall 2025 |date=September 24, 2025 |website=Institutional Research |publisher=Texas Christian University |access-date=November 17, 2025 }}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 11,152 (fall 2025)<ref name="TCUquickfacts"/>
 | postgrad               = 1,828 (fall 2025)<ref name="TCUquickfacts"/>
 | city                   = [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|32.7096|N|97.3640|W|region:US-TX_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Texas+Christian+university&s=all&id=228875|title=IPEDS-Texas Christian University}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|325|acre}}
 | former_names           = 
 | colors                 = Purple and white<ref name=Branding>{{cite web |title=TCU Brand Central: University Color |url=https://brand.tcu.edu/university-color/ |publisher=TCU |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014172256/https://brand.tcu.edu/university-color/ |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />{{college color boxes|TCU Horned Frogs}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]|[[Patriot Rifle Conference|PRC]]}}
 | nickname               = [[TCU Horned Frogs|Horned Frogs]]
 | mascot                 = Horned Frog
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]|[[Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration|CONAHEC]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|title=NAICU – Member Directory|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archive-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>}}
 | website                = {{url|https://www.tcu.edu/|tcu.edu}}
 | logo                   = Texas Christian University wordmark.svg
 | logo_size              = 100
 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''TCU 360''
}}

'''Texas Christian University''' ('''TCU''') is a [[private university|private]] [[research university]]<ref name="Carnegie Classification: Texas Christian University"/> in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], United States. It was established in 1873 by brothers [[Addison Clark|Addison]] and Randolph Clark as the '''AddRan Male & Female College'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collier |first=Caroline |date=2019-11-06 |title=The History of AddRan College: A Timeline |url=https://magazine.tcu.edu/fall-2019/the-history-of-addran-college/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=TCU Magazine |language=en}}</ref> It is affiliated with the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]].<ref>{{cite web
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|quote=TCU is the largest of 21 institutions associated by an ongoing covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A protestant denomination with Presbyterian and Baptist roots, the Disciples' vision statement speaks of "true community, deep Christian spirituality and a passion for justice."}}</ref>

The campus is located on {{convert|302|acre}} about 4 miles (6.5 km) from [[downtown Fort Worth]]. The university consists of nine constituent colleges and schools. It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research spending and doctorate production".<ref name="Carnegie Classification: Texas Christian University"/> According to the [[National Science Foundation]], the university received approximately $24 million in research and development funding for fiscal year 2023, ranking it 284th in the nation for research revenue and expenditures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |title=Rankings by total R&D expenditures |date=January 19, 2024 |website=[[National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics]] |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=August 3, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113650/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |archive-date=July 18, 2024 }}</ref>

TCU's mascot is Superfrog, based on the Texas state reptile: the [[Texas horned lizard|horned frog]]. For most varsity sports, TCU competes in the [[Big 12 Conference]] of the [[NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. As of fall 2025, the university enrolled 12,980 students, with 11,152 being undergraduates.<ref name="TCUquickfacts"/>

==History==
{{More citations needed|section|date=December 2024}}
===Origins in Fort Worth, 1869–1873===
[[Image:ClarkBrothers.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of TCU founders Addison and Randolph Clark]]

The [[East Texas]] brothers [[Addison Clark|Addison]] and Randolph Clark, with the support of their father Joseph A. Clark, first founded Texas Christian University. The Clarks were scholar-preacher/teachers associated with the [[Restoration Movement]]. These early leaders of the Restoration Movement were the spiritual ancestors of the modern [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]] and the [[Churches of Christ]], as well as being major proponents of education.

Upon their return from service in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the Civil War, brothers Addison and Randolph embarked on a mission to establish a children's preparatory school in Fort Worth. This educational institution, known as the Male & Female Seminary of Fort Worth, was in operation from 1869 to 1874. The Clarks shared a collective vision of creating a higher education institution that would embody Christian values while maintaining a non-sectarian and intellectually open-minded spirit. To realize this vision, they procured five city blocks in downtown Fort Worth in 1869.

But from 1867 to 1874, the character of Fort Worth changed substantially due to the commercial influence of the [[Chisholm Trail]], the principal route for moving Texas cattle to the Kansas rail heads. An influx of cattle, men, and money transformed the sleepy frontier village. The area around the property purchased by the Clarks for their college soon housed stretch of saloons, gambling halls, dance parlors, and brothels. By 1872, it had acquired it the nickname of "[[Hell's Half Acre (Fort Worth)|Hell's Half Acre]]". The Clarks found an alternative site for their college at [[Granbury micropolitan area#Communities|Thorp Spring]], a small community {{convert|40|mi|km|-1}} in [[Hood County, Texas|Hood County]] to the southwest near the frontier of [[Comanche]] and [[Kiowa]] territory.

===Move to Thorp Spring, 1873–1895===
[[File:Thorp Campus.jpg|thumb|left|Thorp Spring, Texas, campus]]
[[File:Oldest Building at TCU.jpg|thumb|Sadler Hall, home to the TCU John V. Roach Honors College and other academic and administrative units]]

In 1873 the Clark brothers moved South to Thorp Spring and founded Add-Ran Male & Female College.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.granburydepot.org/z/biog2/ThorpSpringHistory.htm |title=High Hopes & Human Frailties |first=Barbara |last=Thorp Wilkins |work=Granbury! (magazine) |publisher=Hood County Texas Genealogical Society |date=Summer 1986 |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025106/http://www.granburydepot.org/z/biog2/ThorpSpringHistory.htm |archive-date=2018-10-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> TCU recognizes 1873 as its founding year, as it continues to preserve the original college through the AddRan College of Liberal Arts.

Add-Ran College was one of the first coeducational institutions of higher education west of the Mississippi River. The college expanded quickly from its first enrollment in Fall 1873 of 13 students. Shortly thereafter, annual enrollment ranged from 200 to 400. At one time more than 100 counties of Texas were represented in the student body. The Clark brothers also recruited prestigious professors from all over the South to join them at Thorp Spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.granburydepot.org/z/biog/ClarkRandolph.htm|title=Randolph Clark|website=Granburydepot.org|access-date=August 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625054205/http://www.granburydepot.org/z/biog/ClarkRandolph.htm|archive-date=June 25, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1889 Add-Ran College formed an official partnership with what would become the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]], though the church never enjoyed any administrative role at TCU. In 1889 the school was renamed '''Add-Ran Christian University'''.

===Move to Waco, roots of rivalry, 1895–1910===
The need for a larger population and transportation base prompted the university to relocate to [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] from 1895 to 1910; it purchased the campus of the defunct [[Waco Female College]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Terri Jo |last=Ryan |url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/waco_history/looking-back-at-waco-female-college-during-women-s-history/article_b1e6a272-75f8-5bdf-8045-14fd1d996dd6.html |title=Looking Back at Waco Female College During Women's History Month |newspaper=Waco Tribune-Herald |date=March 15, 2014 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117105008/https://www.wacotrib.com/news/waco_history/looking-back-at-waco-female-college-during-women-s-history/article_b1e6a272-75f8-5bdf-8045-14fd1d996dd6.html |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |url-status=live }} Revised as: {{cite web |url=http://wacohistory.org/items/show/121 |title=Waco Female College |website=Waco History |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045307/http://wacohistory.org/items/show/121 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The institution was renamed Texas Christian University in 1902, often called TCU. It was during this 15-year sojourn in Waco that TCU in 1896 entered the ranks of intercollegiate football and adopted its school colors of purple and white, as well as its distinctive Horned Frog mascot. A rivalry developed between TCU and nearby [[Baylor University]].

===Return to Fort Worth, 1910–present===
[[File:TCU Campus.jpg|thumb|Early image of the TCU campus in Fort Worth]]

In 1910 a fire of unknown origin destroyed the university's Main Administration building. A rebuilding project was planned, but before reconstruction could begin, a group of enterprising [[Fort Worth]] businessmen offered the university $200,000 in rebuilding money ($6,614,210 in 2024) and a {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus as an inducement to return to Fort Worth.

The TCU campus in Fort Worth in 1910–11 consisted of four buildings: Clark Hall and Goode Hall, the men's dormitories; Jarvis Hall, the women's dormitory; and the Main Administration building (now Reed Hall).

[[File:Jarvis Hall.jpg|thumb|right|TCU students inside a dorm room at Jarvis Hall]]

The university received its first charitable endowment in 1923, from [[Mary Couts Burnett]], the recent widow of [[Samuel Burk Burnett]], a rancher, banker, and oilman. Burnett received half of her late husband's estate of $6 million ($110 million in 2024), and in her 1923 will, she bequeathed her entire estate, including a half-interest in the substantial 6666 ("Four Sixes") Ranch, to TCU. Mary Couts Burnett Library is named after her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbuad |title=Burnett, Mary Couts (ca. 1856–1924) |first=Debbie Mauldin |last=Cottrell |date=May 1, 1995 |work=The Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |access-date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710080412/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbuad |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1948 the Ed Landreth Hall and Auditorium was built.

Dr. John Lord was a native of [[Deer Island, New Brunswick]] who became dean of Texas Christian University but was murdered by 18-year old Arthur Clayton Hester <ref>Saskatoon Star-Phoenix May 2 1949, https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-21509916</ref>

==Campus==
[[File:TCU Jarvis Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Jarvis Hall]]

TCU's campus sits on {{convert|302|acre|km2}} of developed campus (325 acres total) which is located four miles (6.5&nbsp;km) from [[downtown Fort Worth]].

[[File:Sophomore Dorms.jpg|thumb|Modernity at TCU]]

The TCU campus is divided into roughly three areas: a residential area, an academic area, and Worth Hills. The two main areas of campus, the residential and academic areas, are separated by University Drive, an oak-lined street that bisects the campus. Residence halls, the Student Union, and the Campus Commons are all located to the West of University Drive, while the library, chapel, and most academic buildings are located to the east of it. All of TCU's surrounding streets are lined by [[live oaks]].

[[File:TCU Snow.jpg|thumb|TCU campus]]

Roughly half of TCU undergraduate students live on campus.<ref>[http://www.admissions.tcu.edu/faq.asp?act=answer&id=38 TCUAdmission | Freshman | Frequently Asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609203323/http://www.admissions.tcu.edu/faq.asp?act=answer&id=38 |date=June 9, 2010 }}. Admissions.tcu.edu. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref> Housing is divided among 16 residence halls and on-campus apartment complexes.<ref>[http://www.rlh.tcu.edu/residence-halls.asp TCU Housing and Residence Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115135600/http://www.rlh.tcu.edu/residence-halls.asp |date=November 15, 2012 }}. Rlh.tcu.edu. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref>

[[Image:TCUBrownLuptonUniversityUnion.jpg|thumb|left|Brown-Lupton University Union]]

The neo-classical beaux-arts architecture at TCU incorporates features consistent with much of the [[Art Deco]]-influenced architecture of older buildings throughout [[Fort Worth]]. Most of the buildings at TCU are constructed with a specially blended golden brick tabbed by brick suppliers as "TCU buff." Nearly all of the buildings have red-tile roofs, while the oldest buildings on campus are supported by columns of various styles.

[[File:Scharbauer Building.jpg|thumb|Scharbauer Hall]]

A notable exception to this rule is Robert Carr Chapel, which was the first building on campus to be constructed of bricks other than TCU buff. The chapel is built of a distinctive salmon-colored brick, a deviation that caused alumni to protest when the building opened in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Texas Chapel Wins Preservation Award |url=https://www.churchproduction.com/churchdesign/robert-carr-chapel-wins/ |website=Church Design}}</ref>

TCU is home to the Starpoint School, a laboratory school for students in grades 1–6 with learning differences.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} Starpoint's goal is to develop advanced educational techniques for helping students with [[learning disabilities]]. KinderFrogs School, an early-intervention laboratory pre-school for children with [[Down syndrome]], is housed in the same building as Starpoint. TCU is the only university in the nation with two on-campus laboratory schools in special education. The laboratory schools, both programs of the College of Education, are located near Sherley Hall and Colby Hall.

Since 2006, much of the campus has been under construction, and many buildings have been either renovated or replaced. The old Student Center was demolished in 2008 and replaced with Scharbauer Hall, which opened in 2010 and houses the bulk of AddRan College's offices and classrooms. Renovations to Erma Lowe Hall, the building that houses the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance, were completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pells |first1=JD |title=Erma Lowe Hall - TCU School of Classic and Contemporary Dance |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/erma-lowe-hall-tcu-school-of-classic-and-contemporary-dance |access-date=18 April 2013 | work=Architect Magazine |publisher=Architect Magazine |date=18 April 2013}}</ref> A new academic building for Brite Divinity School – the W. Oliver and Nell A. Harrison Building – was completed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pells |first1=JD |title=W. Oliver and Nell A. Harrison Building |url=https://calendar.tcu.edu/w_oliver_and_nell_a_harrison_building_167 |access-date=20 January 2012 |work=TCU |publisher=TCU |date=20 January 2012}}</ref><!--Need to add years to construction projects, rather than "recently", "currently" -->

The 717-seat [[Van Cliburn]] Concert Hall at TCU opened in 2022; the TCU Music Center had opened in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pells |first1=JD |title=A dedication to sound: The Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU officially opens |url=https://www.tcu360.com/2022/04/a-dedication-to-sound-the-van-cliburn-concert-hall-at-tcu-officially-opens/ |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=TCU 360 |publisher=TCU Student Media |date=8 April 2022}}</ref>

==Academics==

===Undergraduate admissions===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2023
|admit rate        = 42.6%
|admit rate change = 16.0
|yield rate        = 24.1%
|yield rate change = -1.1
|SAT Total         = 1140–1345
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 26–31
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/common-data-set/ |title=TCU Common Data Set 2021-2022
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref>
}}

The 2022 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes TCU as "more selective".<ref>{{cite web |title = Texas Christian University |url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tcu-3636 |publisher = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = November 13, 2022 }}</ref> For the Class of 2027 (enrolled fall 2023), TCU received 20,517 applications and accepted 8,740 (42.6%). Of those accepted, 2,488 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 28.5%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institutional Research {{!}} Undergraduate Admissions |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/facts-data/students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=ir.tcu.edu}}</ref> TCU's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 94.3%, with 85.6% going on to graduate within six years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institutional Research {{!}} TCU Quick Facts |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/facts-data/tcu-quick-facts/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=ir.tcu.edu}}</ref>

The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th–75th percentile) of [[SAT]] scores was 1140–1345, while the middle 50% range of [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores was 26–31.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

The university experienced a record number of applicants in 2011, when over 19,000 students applied (a 5,000-student increase from 2010). The applicant pool also set a record with 60% applicants from out of state, whereas usually 1/3 of applicants were from out-of-state. While heightened national recognition due to TCU's victory in the 2011 [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] is one contributing factor, the university has experienced a steady growth for some time. In 2000, only 4,500 students applied. In 2023, out-of-state students accounted for 52 percent of the undergraduate student body, with the majority of those students coming from California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=By Shomial Ahmad, Fort Worth |date=2024-09-03 |title=With national brand growing, TCU draws majority of students from outside Texas |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/03/texas-christian-university-fort-worth-enrollment/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

High school seniors who have been accepted must maintain solid academic performance senior year during the spring and not show signs of [[senioritis]]; in 2012, national media reported on a letter the admissions dean had sent to 100 college-bound seniors, threatening to rescind offers of admission without satisfactory letters of explanation for the slump.<ref name=tws2V115>{{cite news|first=Tanya|last=Caldwell|title=University Sends 'Fear of God' Letter to Students With Senioritis|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=[[New York City]]|quote=College-bound seniors beware: ... failing grades ... your university may soon threaten to rescind your admission...|date=June 18, 2012|url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/university-sends-fear-of-god-letter-to-students-with-senioritis/|access-date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622135120/http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/university-sends-fear-of-god-letter-to-students-with-senioritis/|archive-date=June 22, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall first-time freshman statistics'''<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCUCDS2020.pdf |title=TCU Common Data Set 2020-2021
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCUCDS2019.pdf |title=TCU Common Data Set 2019-2020
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCUCDS2018.pdf |title=TCU Common Data Set 2018-2019
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCUCDS2017.pdf |title=TCU Common Data Set 2017-2018
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCUCDS2016.pdf |title=TCU Common Data Set 2016-2017
 |publisher=TCU Institutional Research |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 19,782 || 21,145 || 19,028 || 20,156 || 19,740 || 19,972
|-
! Admits
| 10,606 || 10,155 || 8,966 || 8,210 || 8,110 || 7,506
|-
! Admit rate
| 53.6 || 48.0 || 47.1 || 40.7 || 41.1 || 37.6
|-
! Enrolled
| 2,560 || 2,287 || 2,159 || 2,194 || 1,955 || 1,888
|-
! Yield rate
| 24.1 || 22.5 || 24.1 || 26.7 || 24.1 || 25.2
|-
! ACT composite*<br />(out of 36)
| 26–31 || 25–31 || 25–31 || 26–30 || 25–30 || 25–30
|- 
! SAT composite*<br />(out of 1600)
| 1140–1345 || 1120–1310 || 1150–1340 || 1150–1343 || 1130–1330 || {{sdash}}
|-
| * middle 50% range
|}

{{clear}}

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- National rankings -->
| Forbes_NU     = 120
| USNWR_NU      = 97 (tie)
| Wamo_NU       = 922
| WSJ_NU        = 214
<!-- Global rankings -->
| ARWU_W        = 
| QS_W          = 
| THE_W         = 
| USNWR_W       = 1,752 (tie)
}}
{|class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 22em;"
|+USNWR graduate school rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/texas-christian-university-228875/overall-rankings |title=Texas Christian University - Overall Rankings |date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=May 30, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| Business || 43 (tie)
|-
| Education || 114 (tie)
|-
| Medicine: Primary Care || 
|-
| Medicine: Research || Tier 4
|}

{|class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 22em;"
|+USNWR departmental rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings"/>
|-
| Chemistry || 161 (tie)
|-
| English || 131 (tie)
|-
| Fine Arts || 178 (tie)
|-
| History || 104 (tie)
|-
| Mathematics || 173 (tie)
|-
| Nursing: Anesthesia || 12 (tie)
|-
| Physics || 167 (tie)
|-
| Psychology || 214 (tie)
|-
| Social Work || 142 (tie)
|-
| Speech-Language Pathology || 74 (tie)
|}

[[File:Veterans Plaza.jpg|thumb|upright|Veteran's Plaza]]

TCU is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] as a Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity. TCU is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf |title=Data |publisher=sacscoc.org |access-date=2019-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211232232/http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf |archive-date=2019-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, TCU is ranked by ''U.S. News & World Report'' as No. 105 (tied) among National Universities.<ref name="Rankings_USNWR_NU" />

===Academic divisions===
The university offers 117 undergraduate majors, 62 master's programs, and 25 doctoral programs. Among the university's most popular majors are Business, which accounts for roughly 25% of TCU undergraduates, and Journalism/Strategic Communications, which accounts for roughly 20% of TCU undergraduates. Nursing and Education are also popular majors, and many students choose to major in more than one field.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=2438&profileId=7 |title=College Search - Texas Christian University - TCU |website=Collegesearch.collegeboard.com |access-date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814132601/http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=2438&profileId=7 |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}. </ref>

*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
*[[Neeley School of Business|M. J. Neeley School of Business]]
*[[Burnett School of Medicine|Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcu.edu/news/2022/tcu-names-medical-school-to-honor-the-late-anne-burnett-marion.php |title=TCU Names Medical School to Honor the Late Anne Burnett Marion |publisher=TCU |access-date=September 24, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*School of Interdisciplinary Studies
*John V. Roach Honors College<ref name=b>{{cite web |url=https://honors.tcu.edu/prospective-students/admissions/ |title=John V. Roach Honors College |access-date=May 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527023354/https://honors.tcu.edu/prospective-students/admissions/ |archive-date=May 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=obituary>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/technology/personaltech/john-roach-dead.html |title=John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83 |first=Sam |last=Roberts |date=March 23, 2022 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref>

In addition, TCU hosts the [[Brite Divinity School]], a related institution run by the Disciples of Christ that is housed on TCU's campus and whose students have full access and use of TCU facilities. Graduates of Brite receive their degrees from TCU directly and are considered full graduates of the university.

In 2015, TCU and the [[University of North Texas Health Science Center]] announced the creation of an MD-granting medical school jointly administered by the two institutions. The school accepted its first class of 60 students in 2019 with plans for 240 students when fully enrolled.

The [[Neeley School of Business]] ranked as the No. 25 best undergraduate business school in the country in2023 by ''[[Poets and Quants]].''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/school-profile/texas-christian-neeley-school-business/ |title=Poets&Quants Top Business Schools: Texas Christian Neeley School of Business |website=[[Poets and Quants]] |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref>

TCU is an educational partner to the US military and serves host to reserve officer training corps (ROTC) programs for two different service branches, the US Air Force ROTC's Detachment 845 "Flying Frogs" and the US Army ROTC's "Horned Frog Battalion". Since 1951, nearly 1000 TCU graduates have received Army commissions through the ROTC program.<ref>{{cite web |title=TCU's Military Legacy |url=https://veteransservices.tcu.edu/tcus-military-legacy/ |website=Veterans Services |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Archway TCU.jpg|thumb|upright|Archway]]

During [[World War II]], TCU was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<ref name="list-of-v-12">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/115-8thND/115-8ND-23.html |title=U.S. Naval Administration in World War II |publisher=HyperWar Foundation |access-date=September 29, 2011 |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112105122/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/115-8thND/115-8ND-23.html |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The university operates the 450-acre [[southern white rhinoceros]] preserve, TCU Rhino Initiative. Doctor Michael Slattery established it in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://planetrhino.tcu.edu/ |title=TCU Rhino Initiative |website=planetrhino.tcu.edu |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref>

==Student life==
===Student body===

{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Texas Christian University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?228875-Texas-Christian-University |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|68|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[multiracial Americans]] and those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|88|%|2||background:black}}
|}

The student population at TCU in 2024–2025 is 12,938, with 11,049 undergraduates and 1,889 graduate students. Women make up about 61% of the student population, while men make up about 39%.<ref name="2016_facts">{{cite web |title=TCU Quick Facts |url=https://ir.tcu.edu/facts-data/tcu-quick-facts/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=www.ir.tcu.edu}}</ref> Undergraduates matriculate from all fifty states, including Texas at 48%. 
The fields of nursing, education, and advertising-public relations tend to be the majors that attract the most women, while business, political science, and a host of liberal arts majors are more balanced. A few areas of study at TCU, such as engineering and the sciences, are typically disproportionate with men, though even in those areas the percentage of female students tends to be higher than those of other comparable universities.

The student and faculty populations are overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white, but the minority population has seen increased rates over the past few years, especially for Hispanics. The school has also tried to achieve stronger diversity by hosting "Black Senior Weekend", "Hispanic Senior Experience", and offering full scholarships to a select number of exceptional minority high school students in [[North Texas]] with economically disadvantaged backgrounds.<ref>[http://www.calendar.tcu.edu/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8058&information_id=21262&type= Texas Christian University - Event Details View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604013526/http://www.calendar.tcu.edu/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8058&information_id=21262&type= |date=2015-06-04 }}. Calendar.tcu.edu (January 1, 2011). Retrieved on 2013-08-09.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/carter-high-student-taken-in-by-teacher-after-moms-death-is-among-six-suprised-with-full-tcu-scholarships.html/|title=Carter High student, taken in by teacher after mom's death, among 6 surprised with full TCU scholarships|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428105837/http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/carter-high-student-taken-in-by-teacher-after-moms-death-is-among-six-suprised-with-full-tcu-scholarships.html/|archive-date=April 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student organizations and events===
TCU sponsors over 200 official student organizations including [[Amnesty International]], [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Invisible Children, Inc.|Invisible Children]] and others. Students may also compete in intramural sports including basketball and shuffleboard, or join various other sport-hobby groups, such as the TCU Quidditch League.

Many students involve themselves in various campus ministries, such as Disciples on Campus, a [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] student group. Other groups include Ignite, a nondenominational campus ministry; Catholic Community, a large and active group; TCU Wesley, a Methodist group; the Latter-Day Saint Student Association (LDSSA); and [[Cru (Christian organization)|Cru]], a nondenominational evangelical student ministry. Most religious groups on campus are Christian-based, although TCU also sponsors [[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life|Hillel]], a [[Jewish]] student group, and the [[Muslim Students Association|Muslim Students Association (MSA)]]. Additionally, each year TCU Housing and Residential Life allows students to apply to live in the Interfaith Living Learning Community (LLC), in which the residents spend the year living alongside neighbors of various religious beliefs.

[[File:Scharbauer Building.jpg|thumb|TCU Commons]]

At the beginning of each fall semester, TCU's student government holds a large concert on the Campus Commons. In 2008, TCU celebrated completion of the Brown-Lupton Union by hosting popular country artist [[Pat Green]]. In Fall of 2009, it held a concert by [[OneRepublic]] following a football victory over Texas State. [[Lady Antebellum]] performed in 2010, and [[The Fray]] in 2011. [[Blake Shelton]] performed in 2012, [[Little Big Town]] in 2013 and [[Jason Derulo]] performed in the campus commons in 2014. These fall concerts are free to all students.

===Student media===
The Bob Schieffer College of Communication circulates a number of student-run publications:

* ''The Skiff'', a weekly print newspaper<ref name="skiff">{{cite web |title=About TCU 360 |url=https://tcu360.com/about-tcu-360/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407190134/https://tcu360.com/about-tcu-360/ |archive-date=2025-04-07 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=TCU 360 About Us}}</ref> The Skiff began publication in 1902 and is one of the oldest continuously printing newspapers in Tarrant County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Skiff {{!}} Our History {{!}} Bob Schieffer College of Communication |url=https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/our-history/featured-stories/the-skiff/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Our History |language=en-US}}</ref>
* TCU360.com, the student-led, faculty-advised news website of TCU Student Media.<ref name="skiff" />
* ''Image Magazine'', TCU's student magazine, published once a semester and focuses on investigative, in-depth campus issues<ref name="skiff" />
* TCU broadcasts its own radio station, [[KTCU-FM]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KTCU FM 88.7 |url=https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/ftdm/about/facilities/ktcu-88-7/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Film, Television and Digital Media |language=en-US}}</ref>

Other student-run media include:
*''eleven40seven'', a literary magazine<ref name="d">{{cite web |title=Literary Magazines |url=https://www.lonestarliterary.com/content/literary-magazines-texas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531173600/https://www.lonestarliterary.com/content/literary-magazines-texas |archive-date=2024-05-31 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Lone Star Literary Life|date=28 December 2018 }}</ref>
*''The Horned Frog,'' the school yearbook since 1897<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Activities {{!}} Yearbook |url=https://studentactivities.tcu.edu/yearbook/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=studentactivities.tcu.edu}}</ref>

===Greek life===
Approximately 50% of undergraduate students are active in TCU's [[Fraternities and sororities|Greek system]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://greeks.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FSL_Informational_Guide.pdf |title=Guide |publisher=TCU.edu |access-date=2019-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016120947/https://greeks.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FSL_Informational_Guide.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-16 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://greeks.tcu.edu/councils-2/|title=Councils|website=greeks.tcu.edu|access-date=2016-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116230224/https://greeks.tcu.edu/councils-2/|archive-date=2016-11-16|url-status=live}}</ref> there are dozens of fraternities and sororities on campus. 
===Sustainability===
A "Purple Bike" program was instituted to allow students to use purple bicycles free of charge as an alternative to motor vehicles. Scharbauer Hall, which opened for classes in 2010, is a Gold US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified facility.

In 2010 TCU faculty and staff held a conference for Service-Learning for Sustainability and Social Justice with keynote speaker Robert Egger, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen. Also, sustainability and social justice are emphasized areas in the curriculum and programs offered by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology located in Scharbauer Hall.

[[Image:TCURecCenter.jpg|thumb|right|Recreation Center]]

==Athletics==
{{Main|TCU Horned Frogs}}
TCU competes in [[NCAA Division I]] athletics as a member of the [[Big 12 Conference]] (Big XII). For most of its history (1923–1996), TCU was a member of the now defunct [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC). Prior to joining the Big XII in 2012, TCU spent seven years in the [[Mountain West Conference]] (MWC) (2005–2011), where they were the only school to join from a conference other than the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC), having come from [[Conference USA]] (C-USA), of which they were a member from 2001 to 2005. Before joining C-USA, TCU teams competed in the WAC for five years, from 1996 to 2001, after the SWC dissolved.

TCU's varsity sports have eight men's and twelve women's squads. Men's sports include [[college baseball|baseball]], [[college basketball|basketball]], [[college football|football]], [[golf]], swimming and diving, track and field, cross country, and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, volleyball, beach volleyball, golf, swimming and diving, cross country, track and field, triathlon, soccer, rifle, equestrian, and tennis.

In recent years the university has made significant upgrades to its athletics facilities, including construction of the Abe-Martin Academic Enhancement Center, which was completed in August 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gofrogs.cstv.com/facilities/tcu-facilities-meyer.html#History |title=Texas Christian University Horned Frogs – Official Athletic Site – Facilities |publisher=Gofrogs.cstv.com |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903041735/http://gofrogs.cstv.com/facilities/tcu-facilities-meyer.html#History |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The university finished reconstruction of the entire Amon G. Carter Football Stadium in September 2012, with an additional expansion on the east side of the stadium being completed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amon G. Carter Stadium Information |url=https://www.amoncarterstadium.com/information/ |website=Amon G. Carter Stadium |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref> The Daniel-Meyer Coliseum underwent a reconstruction and was completed as Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena for the 2015–16 basketball season, with expanded seating, concessions, office and locker room space, better sight lines, and luxury fan facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena |url=https://gofrogs.com/sports/2018/7/13/facilities-tcu-facilities-basketball-html.aspx |website=Go Frogs |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>

===Football===
{{Main|TCU Horned Frogs football}}

The Horned Frogs have won two national championships, one in 1935<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/national_championships/champ_results.php?selector=Williamson%20System |title=Complete List of Williamson National Champions from CFB Database |publisher=Cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525105857/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/national_championships/champ_results.php?selector=Williamson%20System |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the other in 1938.<ref>[[NCAA Division I FBS national football championship]]</ref> The Horned Frogs also competed in the [[2023 College Football Playoff National Championship]] game, losing 65-7 to the [[Georgia Bulldogs]]. Additionally, the team has captured eighteen conference championships. Many notable football players have played for TCU, including [[Sammy Baugh]], [[Davey O'Brien]], [[Jim Swink]], [[Bob Lilly]], [[LaDainian Tomlinson]], and [[Andy Dalton]].

===Rivalries===
The oldest rivalry, which has become nationally famous since TCU joined the [[Big 12 Conference]], is [[Baylor–TCU football rivalry|The Revivalry]] with [[Baylor University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2014/10/the-revivalry-baylor-vs-tcu-pits-two-top-10-teams-in-waco/ |title=''The Revivalry Pits TOp 10 Ranked Teams for First Time'' Baylor University Athletics |date=10 October 2014 |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309115548/http://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2014/10/the-revivalry-baylor-vs-tcu-pits-two-top-10-teams-in-waco/ |archive-date=2015-03-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Revivalry is unique in that it is a major FBS rivalry between two church affiliated schools. It is also one of the oldest rivalries in the nation, with the series currently led by TCU 59-54-7 since 1899.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/revivalry-not-red-river-ground-zero-for-intrigue-big-12-title-100614 |title=''Revivalry, not Red River, ground zero for intrigue, Big 12 title'' by David Ubben |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121000615/http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/revivalry-not-red-river-ground-zero-for-intrigue-big-12-title-100614 |archive-date=2015-01-21 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/109190/the-revivalry-has-become-the-big-12s-big-time-rivalry|title=The Revivalry has become big-time Big 12 rivalry|date=9 March 2015 |access-date=2015-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311181012/http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/109190/the-revivalry-has-become-the-big-12s-big-time-rivalry|archive-date=2015-03-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[TCU Horned Frogs]] also share a historic rivalry with the [[SMU Mustangs|Southern Methodist University Mustangs]], located in Fort Worth's sister (and rival) city, [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. In football, teams from TCU and SMU have competed annually in the [[Battle for the Iron Skillet]] since 1946 when, during pre-game festivities, an SMU fan was frying [[frog leg]]s as a joke before the game. A TCU fan, seeing this as a desecration of their "Horned Frog", told him that eating the frog legs was going well beyond the rivalry and that they should let the game decide who would get the skillet and the frog legs. SMU won the game, and the skillet and frog legs went to SMU that year. The tradition spilled over into the actual game and the Iron Skillet is now passed to the winner as the rivalry's traveling trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/News/2013/SMUvsTCU-26sept2013|title=The Battle for the Iron Skillet|work=smu.edu|access-date=2016-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530192632/http://www.smu.edu/News/2013/SMUvsTCU-26sept2013|archive-date=2016-05-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[West Virginia University]] has become a rival largely due to the schools' cohort entry into the Big 12 Conference together in 2012, combined with a toggle of extremely close, dramatic, last-minute wins in their football match ups to date. The rivalry with [[Boise State University]], with which TCU competed on the national stage in the 2000s as the two most prominent [[BCS Buster|"BCS Busters"]], and which also shared one year together as members of the Mountain West Conference, has also become a major, if periodic, rival. TCU and Boise State competed as the most effective BCS Busters before the demise of the [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] system. In 2011, as members of the Mountain West, TCU won the only in-conference game between the two schools, winning with no time left on a missed Boise State field goal. The rivalry with Boise State will be played only sporadically in the future due to TCU's move to the [[Power Five conferences|"Power Conference"]] Big 12 and Boise State's remaining status as the consensus leader of the "mid-major" programs in the [[Group of Five conferences|"Group of Five" Conferences]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

==Notable faculty==
*[[Stanley Block]], emeritus professor of Finance
*[[Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg]], academic administrator and engineering professor
*[[Lydia Mackay]], professor of theatre and American voice and stage actress
*[[David Moessner]], A. A. Bradford Chair and professor of religion
*[[Susan E. Ramírez]], Neville G. Penrose chair emeritus of history and Latin American studies
*[[Lois Rhea]], composer, organist and music educator
*[[Gene A. Smith]], historian
*[[Steven E. Woodworth]], American Civil War historian

==Alumni==
{{Main|List of Texas Christian University alumni}}
TCU has more than 100,000 living alumni.<ref>{{cite web |title=TCU's 150th: Commencement Was One for the Ages |url=https://www.tcu.edu/news/2023/tcus-150th-commencement-was-one-for-the-ages.php |access-date=February 20, 2024 |publisher=news.tcu.edu}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.gofrogs.com TCU Athletics website]

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