Enrollment Trends at TCU

The student population at Texas Christian University is 12,938 (11,049 undergraduate and 1,889 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,614 (25.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TCU is 85.40% which is increased by 2,155 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 459 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 68 in 2015.
318 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.63% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,446 where 12,938 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 10,324 to 12,938 students, a gain of 2,614 (25.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,324	8,894	3,547	5,347	1,430	615	815
2016-17	10,394 70	8,891 -3	3,529 -18	5,362 15	1,503 73	663 48	840 25
2017-18	10,489 95	9,011 120	3,668 139	5,343 -19	1,478 -25	656 -7	822 -18
2018-19	10,918 429	9,445 434	3,885 217	5,560 217	1,473 -5	623 -33	850 28
2019-20	11,024 106	9,474 29	3,945 60	5,529 -31	1,550 77	657 34	893 43
2020-21	11,379 355	9,704 230	3,961 16	5,743 214	1,675 125	719 62	956 63
2021-22	11,938 559	10,222 518	4,061 100	6,161 418	1,716 41	693 -26	1,023 67
2022-23	12,273 335	10,523 301	4,033 -28	6,490 329	1,750 34	699 6	1,051 28
2023-24	12,785 512	10,937 414	4,157 124	6,780 290	1,848 98	726 27	1,122 71
2024-25	12,938 153	11,049 112	4,269 112	6,780	1,889 41	749 23	1,140 18
Average	11,446	9,815	3,906	5,910	1,631	680	951

Texas Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,815 where 11,049 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,894	8,586	3,398	5,188	308	149	159
2016-17	8,891	8,608	3,388	5,220	283	141	142
2017-18	9,011	8,738	3,531	5,207	273	137	136
2018-19	9,445	9,162	3,751	5,411	283	134	149
2019-20	9,474	9,219	3,816	5,403	255	129	126
2020-21	9,704	9,448	3,835	5,613	256	126	130
2021-22	10,222	10,020	3,956	6,064	202	105	97
2022-23	10,523	10,326	3,939	6,387	197	94	103
2023-24	10,937	10,718	4,053	6,665	219	104	115
2024-25	11,049	10,846	4,172	6,674	203	97	106
Average	9,815	9,815	3,784	5,783	9,815	122	126

Texas Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,631 where 1,889 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,430	1,263	565	698	167	50	117
2016-17	1,503	1,361	603	758	142	60	82
2017-18	1,478	1,354	608	746	124	48	76
2018-19	1,473	1,324	569	755	149	54	95
2019-20	1,550	1,404	605	799	146	52	94
2020-21	1,675	1,549	675	874	126	44	82
2021-22	1,716	1,601	649	952	115	44	71
2022-23	1,750	1,632	654	978	118	45	73
2023-24	1,848	1,725	683	1,042	123	43	80
2024-25	1,889	1,757	693	1,064	132	56	76
Average	1,631	1,631	630	867	1,631	50	85

Texas Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.67%. The percentage was 72.13% 10 years ago and TCU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.13% to 60.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.76% to 3.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.82% to 4.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.96% to 18.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5911 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4645 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Christian University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	77	285	498	1,132	27	7,447	53
2016-17	83	298	517	1,258	23	7,372	58
2017-18	81	320	578	1,368	23	7,282	75
2018-19	86	323	625	1,491	21	7,435	123
2019-20	63	337	602	1,565	24	7,407	223
2020-21	52	355	660	1,769	22	7,506	319
2021-22	32	337	625	1,881	18	7,815	425
2022-23	27	330	604	2,035	13	7,906	482
2023-24	31	380	603	2,277	14	8,034	528
2024-25	36	403	613	2,449	13	7,850	530
Average	57	337	593	1,723	20	7,605	282

Texas Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

318 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	10,324	192	132	10,000
2016-17	10,394	215	95	10,084
2017-18	10,489	191	107	10,191
2018-19	10,918	184	99	10,635
2019-20	11,024	196	110	10,718
2020-21	11,379	2,646	8,151	582
2021-22	11,938	218	145	11,575
2022-23	12,273	245	181	11,847
2023-24	12,785	323	260	12,202
2024-25	12,938	318	288	12,332
Average	11,446	473	957	10,017

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Enrollment Trends at TCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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