Texas Wesleyan University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1890. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights Neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Its mascot is the "ram."Texas Wesleyan University was originally founded as Polytechnic College by the Methodist Episcopal Church along with Nick Thomas in 1890.When Dallas was selected by Methodist Church leaders as the site for Southern Methodist University, the Polytechnic campus was designated the "woman’s college for Southern Methodism," eventually becoming Texas Woman’s College in 1914, attracting young women from around Texas and the Southwest.However, when faced with dwindling resources during the Great Depression, the college's trustees voted to close the school in 1931.U.S. News & World Report has ranked Texas Wesleyan in the #1 tier of regional universities in 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Affiliations :NAICU,IAMSCU
Location & Facilities
Texas Wesleyan is located on a 75-acre campus in the Polytechnic Heights Neighborhood in east Fort Worth. The campus sits 140 feet above the Trinity River and is one of the highest points in the city of Fort Worth.[9] The university employed engineering and architecture firm Freese and Nichols Inc. to develop a master plan for its campus in 2011 that works with major street improvements for the Rosedale area surrounding the campus.
University academics are divided into six schools or programs:
- School of Natural and Social Sciences – 543 students
- Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia – 418 students
- School of Business Administration – 344 students
- School of Arts & Letters – 321 students
- School of Education – 247 students
U.S. News & World Report considers Texas Wesleyan’s admissions “selective.â€
Undergraduate enrollment is 1,917 and graduate enrollment is 689 students. 412 students live on campus. 63 percent of the student body is female and 37 percent is male. More than 1,424 students are enrolled full-time, with 493 students enrolled part-time. 47 percent of the student body identify as “minority.â€