# University of Tulsa

> university in Oklahoma, United States

**Wikidata**: [Q1848657](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1848657)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tulsa)  
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## Summary
The University of Tulsa is a private, Presbyterian-affiliated doctoral university founded in 1894 and located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It enrolls about 4,200 students, employs 1,158 faculty and staff, and competes athletically as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

## Key Facts
- Founded: 1894 (source: Q48183)
- Type: private not-for-profit doctoral university with "higher research activity" Carnegie classification
- Location: 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, United States
- Enrollment: 4,187 total students; 3,671 full-time-equivalent as of Sept 2021
- Employees: 1,158 (Sept 2020)
- Endowment: US $1.27 billion (June 2022)
- Admission rate: 69 %; yield 12 % (2020)
- Athletics: NCAA Division I program nicknamed Tulsa Golden Hurricane
- Religious affiliation: Presbyterian Church
- Academic calendar: semester system

## FAQs
### Q: Is the University of Tulsa public or private?
A: It is a private, not-for-profit university governed independently and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

### Q: What is the campus size and setting?
A: The 200-acre campus sits at 36.15° N, 95.95° W in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is classified as "highly residential."

### Q: What degrees does Tulsa offer?
A: As a doctoral university with "higher research activity," it awards baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees across arts & sciences and professional fields, with no medical or veterinary school.

## Why It Matters
Tulsa's rise from a small Presbyterian college to a research university with a billion-dollar endowment places it among the few private institutions of its size to achieve Carnegie "doctoral/higher research activity" status. The university anchors advanced research in energy, cyber-security, and Native American studies while supplying Oklahoma and the mid-continent region with highly trained graduates. Its selective yet accessible admission (69 % acceptance rate) and mid-size scale allow it to combine liberal-arts breadth with professional depth, filling a niche between large public flagships and elite Ivy-level institutions. Regionally, TU drives Tulsa's economy through technology transfer, a NCAA Division I athletic brand, and cultural resources such as the McFarlin Library's world-class archives.

## Notable For
- Billion-dollar endowment among universities with <5,000 students
- One of only a handful of private doctoral universities without a medical school to achieve Carnegie "higher research activity"
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane athletics won five NCAA team national titles in men's golf and women's tennis
- Houses the Bob Dylan Archive and one of the world's largest collections of modernist writers' papers at McFarlin Library
- Energy research programs feed directly into Oklahoma's petroleum industry via the Tulsa University Center of Research Excellence

## Body
### History & Governance
The University of Tulsa began in 1894 as a Presbyterian-affiliated liberal-arts college and retains that church relationship today. It is chartered as a private, non-profit corporation overseen by an independent board of trustees.

### Academics
Tulsa operates on a semester calendar and is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as:
- Doctoral university: higher research activity
- Full-time, four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions with some graduate coexistence

No medical or veterinary school exists; graduate programs concentrate on energy, law, engineering, computer science, and health-science disciplines.

### Finances 2020-2022
- Fiscal-year-end endowment market value:
  - 2020: US $1.08 billion
  - 2021: US $1.37 billion
  - 2022: US $1.27 billion
- Total assets FY 2020: US $1.52 billion
- Revenue streams include tuition, government research grants, and private philanthropy.

### Student Body
Fall 2021 FTE enrollment totaled 3,671. The admission rate for 2020 was 69 %, with a yield of 12 %. The student body is drawn nationally and internationally, though Oklahoma and surrounding states remain core markets.

### Campus & Facilities
- 200-acre midtown Tulsa location, coordinates 36.15 N, 95.95 W
- McFarlin Library (archon code 1760) contains special collections in 20th-century literature, Native American history, and petroleum engineering
- Tulsa University Center of Research Excellence operates as an on-campus technology incubator

### Athletics
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane compete in NCAA Division I, American Athletic Conference. The program claims five national championships in men's golf and women's tennis and maintains the Hurricane nickname since 1922.

### Identifiers
- ISIL: OCLC-OKT
- ISNI: 0000 0001 2160 264X
- GRID: grid.267360.6
- ROR: 04wn28048
- IPEDS: 207971

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