The ranking is in line with Conley\u2019s experience, she said. It also matches the experience of finance and accounting sophomore Frankie Napolitano, who was not surprised when he saw TCU\u2019s rank.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kind of product TCU offers is awesome because it\u2019s a mid-sized private school that has big sports but also has an intimate class setting and clubs and extracurriculars and stuff like that, so you don\u2019t really get lost in the I-feel-like-a-number kind of deal, which is great,\u201d Napolitano said.<\/p>\n
When it comes to numbers, TCU is growing. The largest-ever freshman class<\/a> enrolled at the university this fall and overall enrollment is up 33% over a decade ago.<\/p>\n The school wants to further increase enrollment<\/a> by 5,000 students over 10 years as it rolls out its strategic plan.<\/p>\n Napolitano is familiar with the university\u2019s ambitions and is curious to see the impact of a larger student body.<\/p>\n \u201cI wonder if that\u2019ll change the student experience at all, in a positive or negative way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Kathy Cavins-Tull, vice chancellor for student affairs, said maintaining TCU\u2019s student experience and community is top of mind as the university plans its growth.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we do this slow growth, we are also scaling our staff and our faculty and our programs to make sure that students feel like they matter, that they have connections with their peers, but also strong connections with their faculty and their staff,\u201d Cavins-Tull said.<\/p>\n Cavins-Tull attributes the ranking to a variety of combined factors, including quality of life, campus beauty, dorms, health services and library, all areas in which the Princeton Review survey also ranked TCU in the top 10.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you put all those things together, you understand why we might be ranked as having the happiest students in the country, because we have a lot of good things here, and together I think they make for a very great student experience on our campus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Fort Worth Report partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage.<\/p>\n At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n Fort Worth Report is certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative<\/a> for adhering to standards for ethical journalism.<\/p>\n Republish This Story<\/p>\n
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