MBA programs (U.S. News & World Report).
The Cox School of Business and Meadows
School of the Arts are also listed in Parade
magazine’s 2010 College A-List.
Tarrant County College District
1500 Houston Street, Fort Worth 76102
817-515-8223; www.tccd.edu
Founded in 1965, the Tarrant County
College District is the seventh largest college
or university in Texas. The college operates
five campuses throughout in Fort Worth,
Arlington and Hurst. Other sites include the
TCC Opportunity Center, TCC Corporate
Training Center Alliance Texas, and several
learning centers. The Trinity River East
Campus for Health Care Professions opened in
fall 2011 in downtown Fort Worth. TCC
offers programs for the Associate of Arts,
Associate of Science, Associate of Arts in
Teaching, and Associate of Applied Science
degrees, as well as certificates of completion
and several continuing education programs.
Approximately 1 in every 18 Tarrant County
residents takes a class at TCC each year.
Texas Christian University
2800 South University Drive, Fort Worth 76129
817-257-7000; www.tcu.edu
Founded in 1873, Texas Christian University is a private university on 265 acres
near downtown Fort Worth and the home
of the 2011 Rose Bowl Champion Horned
Frogs. TCU offers 118 undergraduate areas
of study, 56 master’s level programs, and
21 areas of doctoral study, and Forbes has
ranked TCU’s Neeley School of Business as
one of its Best Business Schools for Return
on Investment – MBA. TCU is also home
to the Brite Divinity School, one of the top
theological seminaries in the country, and
the university’s Institute of Behavioral Research
is one of the top drug-related research institutes in the U.S.
Texas Wesleyan University
201 Wesleyan St, Fort Worth 76105
817-531-4444; www.txwes.edu
Founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church – South and located in Fort
Worth, Texas Wesleyan University is a
co-educational liberal arts institution with
a comprehensive academic and student
life program. In addition to strong undergraduate programs, the University added
graduate programs in education in the 1970s
and in nurse anesthesia in the 1980s.
Texas Woman’s University
1215 Oakland Street, Denton 76204
940-898-3456; www.twu.edu
Texas Woman’s University is the nation’s
largest university primarily for women with
campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston,
as well as an e-learning campus that offers
online degree programs in business, education and general studies. TWU offers
bachelors, masters, doctoral and online
degrees in multiple liberal arts programs,
but is most known for its health sciences
program. The school has graduated more
new healthcare professionals than any
other university in Texas, and U.S. News
and World Report’s “2012 Best Graduate
Schools” issue ranks TWU’s occupational
and physical therapy programs among the
nation’s best.
University of Dallas
1845 East Northgate Drive, Irving 75062
972-721-5000; www.udallas.edu
The University of Dallas is recognized
regionally and nationally as a “premier
Catholic, liberal arts school and a first-choice
institution for practice-oriented, professional
business education.” The school is one of
those included in The Princeton Review’s
2011 edition of its popular guidebook
( The Best 373 Colleges), and was among 120
colleges and universities included among the
Best of the West list.
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle, Denton 76203
940-565-2000; www.unt.edu
Known for its exceptional and diverse liberal
arts education, the University of North
Texas (UNT) is a student-focused, public
research university located in Denton,
Texas. As one of Texas’ largest universities,
UNT offer 97 bachelor’s, 88 master’s and 40
doctoral degree programs within the its 12
colleges and schools – including the first and
only bachelor of science degree in aviation
logistics offered at a Texas public college or
university. The school is ranked as one of
the nation’s top music schools (including the
country’s best jazz studies program) and is
also home to a top journalism school and
extensive visual arts college.
University of Texas at Arlington
701 South Nedderman Drive, Arlington 76019
817-272-2011; www.uta.edu
Founded in 1895 as a private liberal
arts institution, the University of Texas
at Arlington (UT Arlington) is a Carnegie Research Institution (High Research
Activity); the school’s mission is “the
advancement of knowledge and the pursuit
of excellence in research, teaching, and
service to the community.” UT Arlington
offers 190 bachelors, masters, and doctoral
degrees in an extensive range of disciplines.
The American Association of State Colleges
and Universities has named UTA one of the
top universities in the nation for Hispanic
students, and the university’s graduate architecture program has been ranked second in
the South.
University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Road, Richardson 75080
972-883-2111; www.utdallas.edu
Once known as a graduate-only research
institution, the University of Texas at
Dallas is still a dynamic research institution for science, technology, medicine,
business and the arts, offering 29 research
centers and 500 graduate and undergraduate programs across multiple fields in
seven schools – including the renowned
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and
Computer Science and the School of
Management. U.S. News & World Report
ranked the School of Management among
the nation’s top business schools in a survey
of part-time MBA programs, and ranked
UTD’s graduate engineering program No.
4 in Texas, trailing only UT Austin, Texas
A&M, and Rice.
