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Institution name

The University of Tulsa

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma (MSA pop. 1.1M)

Founded

1894

Institution type

Private, doctoral degree-granting, accredited, coeducational

Affiliation

Nondenominational

Enrollment

3,769 (2,647 undergraduate and 1,122 graduate/law)

Programs

71 bachelor’s, 30 master’s and 16 doctoral degrees

Average class size

13

Student-faculty ratio

9 to 1

Full-time faculty

296

Endowed chairs and/or professorships

43

TU Presidential Scholars

271

Undergraduate male-female ratio

50% males to 50% females

Students from multicultural/international backgrounds

Multicultural, 39%

International, 9%

Students receiving some type of financial aid

94%

Competitive scholarships

  • 66 Goldwater Scholarships
  • 76 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
  • 27 Fulbright Grants
  • 9 Department of Defense Fellowships
  • 12 Truman Scholarships
  • 9 Morris K. Udall Scholarships
  • 11 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowships
  • 5 British Marshall Scholarships
  • 36 Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships
  • 3 USA Today All-Stars
  • 2 James Madison Fellowships
  • 3 Rhodes Scholarships and 9 finalists
  • 2 Fulbright Canada-MITACS Globalink Research Internships
  • 1 Freeman-ASIA Award
  • 1 Boren Scholarship
  • 1 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship

Athletics

Division I – 17 men’s and women’s teams

Conference

American Athletic Conference

Nickname

Golden Hurricane

Colors

Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson

Library information

McFarlin Library and Mabee Legal Information Center house more than 4 million items.

McFarlin holdings include more than:

  • 991,000 volumes
  • 682,157 titles
  • 450,000 e-books
  • 54,000 electronic periodicals
  • 9,900 videos
  • 11,900 recordings