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Did You Know...
In recent years, the University has invested some $300 million in new facilities and in upgrading residence halls, classrooms and laboratories. Now, TCU is investing another $150 million in facilities such as the Campus Commons to provide an optimal learning environment for our students.
The support of TCU’s alumni and friends underwrites achievements like these.
Construction abounds on the thriving, changing TCU campus. The Campus Commons, now under construction, will include the new Brown-Lupton University Union, four new residence halls for students classified as sophomores and above, and a large, open green space. The Amon G. Carter and the Kellye Wright Samuelson residence halls opened for the fall 2007 semester, and the Teresa and Luther King and the Mary and Robert J. Wright residence halls are scheduled to open for the spring 2008 semester. The planned completion date for the University Union is summer 2008.
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation Education Complex provides state-of-the-art instructional space. The complex, which opened for the fall 2007 semester, comprises the new Betsy and Steve Palko Hall and a complete renovation of the Bailey Building.
Construction abounds on the thriving, changing TCU campus. The $7-million Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility is sure to boost Horned Frog recruiting. The 80,000-square-foot practice area encloses Cox Field, an artificial turf practice field.
TCU’s $1.15 billion endowment is ranked among the top 60 college and university endowments in the United States.
For the past seven years, the University has seen record numbers of applications. TCU received more than 12,000 applications for the Class of 2010, which was seven times the number of available spaces. Consequently, this is the most selective freshman class in University history.
The Neeley School of Business has been ranked 11th among regional business schools by The Wall Street Journal. For the second straight year of the survey, the Neeley School was the highest ranked business school in Texas. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Top Business Schools is the only business-school ranking based solely on feedback from corporate recruiters.
Located geographically at the center of Barnett Shale production, TCU is ideally suited to educate skilled professionals, as well as provide the expert research support needed by the oil and gas industry. Consequently, TCU’s newly established Energy Institute, a joint program of the College of Science & Engineering and the Neeley School of Business, offers opportunity for study and research in the energy-related fields of geology, engineering and professional land management.
The Prehealth Professions Program for prospective doctors, dentists and veterinarians enjoys an acceptance rate at professional schools that is about twice the national average.
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