texas christian university by the numbers
Statistics from https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/texas-christian-university
Distribution of Countries Represented at TCU
Information Provided By Universities Can Be Misleading
Texas Christian University takes pride in the number of countries represented by students at the university and promoting diversity. In fact, the phrase "global community" is included in TCU's mission statement. TCU's "vision and belief is that through education on the multifaceted aspects of diversity, [they] can create respectful, accepting and open communities." However, the statistics do not support TCU's claim to be a diverse campus. The U.S News' diversity index score for TCU is .36 out of 1.0. This score clearly puts TCU at the bottom of the spectrum in terms of the range of individuals that attend the university. Also as seen above, 3/4 of TCU's student population is of the same race: white. It is hard to consider a campus as 'diverse' when looking at those numbers. What one cannot deny, is the fact that TCU does have a wide range of students that come from a large number of different countries. Even though 85 countries are represented through TCU's student body, the number of individuals from each country is relatively small. Based on the data from the chart to the right, the average number of students from each country is about 8. Therefore, the number of international students attending TCU only represents about 17% of TCU's population. Unfortunately, the information put out there by universities becomes misleading. It is important that people really pay attention to the statistics versus the claims and reports made by TCU, and other universities in general. At first glance, one may believe that TCU really is a diverse place solely based on the fact that 85 countries are represented at TCU. However, when breaking it down, the chances of someone running into these individuals or seeing the 'diversity' on campus is very small. Students preparing for college should really take this into consideration if diversity is important to their college experience. Universities tend to use their statistics as somewhat of an "overrepresentation" to portray themselves as something they are not. |
Chart of student population by country from http://www.admissions.tcu.edu/International/Countries-Represented
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