TU Fast Facts
Institution Name
The University of Tulsa
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma (pop. 961,561)
Founded
1894
Institution Type
Private, doctoral degree granting, accredited, coeducational
Affiliation
Nondenominational
Enrollment
4,380 (3,269 undergraduate, 1,111 graduate) in 2019-20
Programs
67 undergraduate, 47 graduate, 16 doctoral
Average class size
20
Student/faculty ratio
11 to 1
Full-time faculty
355
Endowed chairs and/or professorships
42
TU Presidential Scholars
271
Undergraduate Male/Female Ratio
54% males to 46% females
Students from multicultural/ international backgrounds
Multicultural, 33%
International, 14%
Students receiving some type of financial aid
98%
Competitive Scholarships
- 64 Goldwater Scholarships
- 69 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
- 22 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
- 29 Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships
- 3 USA Today All Stars
- 2 James Madison Fellowships
- 3 Rhodes Scholarships and 9 finalists
Community Service 2018-19
- 2,842 volunteers
- 101,489 hours
- $1.95 million – monetary value of time TU students and employees volunteered to the Tulsa Community
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