Enrollment Trends at TCU

The student population at Texas Christian University is 12,273 (10,523 undergraduate and 1,750 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,546 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at TCU is 85.74% which is increased by 2,067 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 479 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

245 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 55.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,766 where 12,273 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,067 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 479 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in TCU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Christian University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,727	8,456	3,427	5,029	1,271	569	702
2013-14	9,925 198	8,640 184	3,495 68	5,145 116	1,285 14	582 13	703 1
2014-15	10,033 108	8,647 7	3,473 -22	5,174 29	1,386 101	620 38	766 63
2015-16	10,324 291	8,894 247	3,547 74	5,347 173	1,430 44	615 -5	815 49
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
Average	10,766	9,264	3,729	5,535	1,502	645	856

Texas Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,264 where 10,523 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Christian University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,456	8,145	3,276	4,869	311	151	160
2013-14	8,640	8,326	3,338	4,988	314	157	157
2014-15	8,647	8,338	3,320	5,018	309	153	156
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
Average	9,264	9,264	3,595	5,397	9,264	134	138

Texas Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,502 where 1,750 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Christian University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,271	521	241	280	750	328	422
2013-14	1,285	610	266	344	675	316	359
2014-15	1,386	1,214	559	655	172	61	111
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
Average	1,502	1,502	545	713	1,502	100	144

Texas Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.42%. The percentage was 73.32% 10 years ago and TCU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.92% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Christian University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	88	226	488	959	20	7,132	89
2013-14	92	229	490	1,007	25	7,213	82
2014-15	81	277	479	1,060	29	7,278	55
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
Average	69	302	561	1,411	22	7,436	180

Texas Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

245 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Christian University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,033	158	146	9,729
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
Average	10,975	472	1,018	9,485

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