Applications to TCU Have Tripled Over the Past Decade

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) —Fort Worth is apparently crossing the minds of many prospective college freshmen this year. Texas Christian University says it’s receiving record numbers of applications from outside the state.

A decade ago, about 5,000 potential students applied to TCU. But Ray Brown, the dean of admission, says a record 19,000 have applied to attend the upcoming fall semester. He says 61 percent of the increase was from out of state.

The university will admit only about 1,800 freshmen.

Victories on the football and baseball fields have raised TCU’s national profile, including a win in the Rose Bowl in January. But university leaders have also stepped up recruiting and marketing while making campus wide improvements.