TU fast facts
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