Short answers, pulled from the story.
Texas Christian University officially founded in 1873 when Add-Ran College opened that fall with thirteen students enrolled. The brothers moved the institution south to Thorp Spring in Hood County near Comanche territory during that year.
The TCU campus sits on three hundred twenty-five acres located four miles from downtown Fort Worth. University Drive bisects the grounds separating residential areas from academic buildings.
TCU received approximately twenty-four million dollars in research funding during fiscal year 2023 according to the National Science Foundation. This placed the university at rank 284 nationally for research revenue and expenditures.
Women comprise approximately 61 percent of the student population compared to 39 percent men as of fall 2025. The total enrollment reached twelve thousand nine hundred eighty students including eleven thousand one hundred fifty-two undergraduates.
The Horned Frogs won national championships in football during 1935 and again in 1938. The team competed in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship game losing sixty-five to seven against Georgia Bulldogs.