Tarleton's Fort Worth campus.
First-year students at Tarleton State University can now attend the school in Stephenville or Fort Worth.
First- and second-year courses will now be offered at Tarleton State University’s Fort Worth campus along the Chisholm Trail Parkway starting this fall, the university announced this week.
The new course offerings will be available for 24 undergraduate programs, with more expected in 2025. These programs will join the established upper-level and graduate degree opportunities.
“Creating this level of access and opportunity to students at our Fort Worth campus is critical,” said James Hurley, Tarleton State president, in a statement. “The addition of these lower-level courses continues to display our commitment to meeting workforce needs in the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan city. I am proud of everyone on our team for working together to make this a reality.”
As part of the growth, lower-division courses from the College of Education, College of Health Sciences, School of Kinesiology, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, and the Dr. Sam Pack College of Business will now be offered face-to-face in Fort Worth.
Program examples include accounting, general business, human resource management, marketing, information technology, communication sciences and disorders, sport management, nutrition science, pre-nursing, social work, communication studies, criminal justice, education, and psychology.
Visit the university website to view a full list of available programs and to apply. Class registration is also now available.
“One of our greatest hopes for expanding academic offerings at Tarleton Fort Worth is to provide an additional option for access, opportunity and affordability,” said Rachael Capua, dean of Tarleton Fort Worth and vice president for External Operations.
The first building on Tarleton State’s Fort Worth campus opened in August 2019, with construction for a second building underway. Providing more than 100,000 square feet of classroom and specialized lab space, the new four-story Interprofessional Education (IPE) Building is scheduled to open this summer, with classes starting in August.
The state-of-the-art space will aim to increase access to quality healthcare and education, two pressing needs in the region and beyond.
Enrollment projections at Tarleton Fort Worth are expected to reach up to 10,000 students within the next six years, according to the university.
A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State’s enrollment is close to 17,000 17,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online.