學校距離Fort Worth市中心僅3英里，距D/FW國際機場25英里，距達拉斯35英里。美國德州的Fort Worth市達福區(qū)（即當?shù)厮Q的都會區(qū)）是美國第九大的都會區(qū)。Newsweek雜志將Fort Worth評為全美最佳的城市之一。
2006年德州的本地生產(chǎn)總值乃$1,085,600,000,000，僅次于加利福尼亞州并超越紐約州。德州以牛肉生產(chǎn)聞名，平均輸出超過16,000,000頭牛。另外棉花也是德州的物產(chǎn)，乃全州第二最有價值的農(nóng)作物。
工商業(yè)方面德州向來都有正面評價。德州素以低房屋成本、低個人入息稅、商業(yè)限制條例寬松、豐富的石油和天然氣蘊藏量見稱。石油生產(chǎn)占全美國供應三分之一。
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1.Athletics
TCU competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports as a member of the Division I Mountain West Conference. Over its history, TCU was a long-time member of the former Southwest Conference, competing with Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Southern Methodist University, Houston, Arkansas, and Rice. After the Southwest Conference‘s breakup in 1995, a period of transition began for TCU athletics. TCU soon joined the Western Athletic Conference, then shifted to Conference USA in 2001, and in 2005, moved again, joining the Mountain West Conference.
TCU’s varsity sports have a long and storied history of excellence, boasting eight men‘s and nine women’s varsity squads. Men‘s sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, swimming & diving, track & field, cross country and tennis. Women’s sports include basketball, volleyball, golf, swimming & diving, cross country, track & field, soccer, equestrian, and tennis.
Football
The Horned Frogs have won two national championships, one in 1935 and the other in 1938. Additionally, the team has captured fourteen conference championships. Many notable football players played for TCU, including Sammy Baugh, Davey O‘Brien, Bob Lilly, Aaron Schobel, and LaDainian Tomlinson.
The Horned Frogs play their home games in the on campus 44,008 seat Amon G. Carter Stadium. Gary Patterson has coached the team since 2000, leading the Horned Frogs to a 62-25 record (.713), including four bowl wins in seven appearances.
2.Student life
Student media
The Daily Skiff is Texas Christian University’s student newspaper, published Tuesday-Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters.
The Horned Frog is the school yearbook.
Image Magazine is TCU‘s magazine.
TCU has a radio station as well, which stretches widely across the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It is KTCU, FM 88.7 “The Choice”
Greek life
Texas Christian University boasts a robust Greek life, including the following organizations:
Nine Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities (Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon)
Eleven Pan-Hellenic Council (PHC) sororities (Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Zeta Tau Alpha)
One Christian fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi, and one Christian sorority, Eta Iota Sigma.
Four members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) (Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma)
Four members of the Multi-cultural Greek Council (Lambda Theta Phi, Chi Upsilon Sigma, Sigma Lambda Alpha, Kappa Lambda Delta)
Dozens of professional and academic organizations, including Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Pi
Music Fraternities including Phi Mu Alpha, Mu Phi Epsilon, Tau Beta Sigma, and Kappa Kappa Psi.
相關(guān)資料
德州基督教大學，《美國新聞與世界報道》把它評為國家級大學，學術(shù)聲譽全美排第76名，兩本權(quán)威年鑒都選它為“三百大”之一，并給予三顆星學術(shù)評分。
德克薩斯基督教大學共設五所本科學院和兩所研究院，提供的課程，計有文、理、商、教育、護理、美術(shù)及大眾傳播，據(jù)《耶魯大學日報大學指南》指出，商科是最多學生選讀、同時也是最佳的學系，由學生自己策劃和投資一項基金，更是全美無出其右，其他辦得不錯的學系還有地質(zhì)學、美術(shù)及大眾傳播、舞蹈、自然科學、健康科學、醫(yī)科和牙科預科課程等。
德州基督教大學是全美第一所提供芭蕾舞學士課程的大學；大眾傳播學系的學生，更親自制作大學擁有的電視臺和電臺的各頂節(jié)目，此外、醫(yī)科牙科預科班的同學，考入醫(yī)學院和牙科學院的比率更高達94%，商科學生也可以入讀五年商科再加工商管理碩士的緊湊課程。
德州基督教大學像賴斯或德州奧斯汀大學一樣，駕歐陸名廠跑車上學的同學，大有人在，正如《耶魯大學日報大學指南》所形容，學生大都來自中上富裕家庭，四分之三來自德州本土，黑人和中南美學生只占7%左右，換言之，這是一所執(zhí)締子弟多的白人大學�？上驳氖切ｏL頗為保守，宿舍更是“單性”，這都是家長所樂聞的。
大學共提供3233個宿位給各年級學生，德克薩斯基督教大學只有一半學生住宿，海外生獲得保證四年都有宿位。
錄取率方面，《美國新聞與世界報道》公布的本科錄取率為46% （2015年）。
