TCU Historical Admissions 1999-2011 and AP Football Ranking

TCU’s football program has gained national recognition in the past couple of years. My freshman year at TCU (2005) I remember TCU beating Oklahoma who was highly ranked. Since 2005 TCU has been ranked every year except 2007. Around this same time I noticed applications to TCU were dramatically increasing. I was curious as to how much of the increase in applications could be explained by the football program. When I looked at the TCU Fact Book I found that a higher ranking really didn’t correlate with the increase in applications. For instance, the largest percentage increase came in 2007 when the prior AP ranking for TCU was 22 but the increase in applications was 37%. However, after TCU won the Rose Bowl and was ranked #2 and the number of applications increased 36%. The largest increase in the number of applications (not percent) did come after the Rose Bowl win. Also was it interesting is that the acceptance rate of TCU has gone down dramatically. In 1999, the acceptance rate was only 75%. For 2011, the acceptance rate was a mere 38%. In a little over a decade it has become twice has hard to get into TCU!

TCU Admissions 2011 and Historical Admission Rates

I updated my historical admission rate for TCU for 2011. For 2011, the acceptance rate at TCU was only 38%. I plan to update this graph with football rankings to see if the football rankings have had anything to do with this.

Source: TCU Fact Book

TCU Admissions 2011 and Historical Acceptance Rate (1979-2010)

2011 seems to be a popular year for high school seniors to apply to Texas Christian University (TCU). This year 19,000 students have applied. In the fall of 2010 over 14,000 students applied to TCU a little over 7,000 were accepted (50% acceptance rate) and 25% of those who applied enrolled. Since this year 19,000 students have applied it will be interesting to see what the admissions office will do. The admissions office could accept more people but not beyond a certain amount since there are only so many dorms freshman can live on campus. I have a feeling 2011 may be one of the most selective years in TCU history. The acceptance rate has been declining since 1979. One big reason I think kids are applying to TCU is because of the football team winning the Rose Bowl and the TCU baseball team was also in the college world series last year. Although, this is nice I would rather have TCU known for its academics rather than its athletics.

Source for graph: TCU Fact Book