This Is AddRan
A Welcoming Community Is Part of Our Tradition
For 150 years, the AddRan College of Liberal Arts has welcomed every undergraduate student who has come through Texas Christian University. As TCU’s oldest college, we have a proud tradition of molding students into passionate leaders with the skills to succeed in their chosen profession.
What Can You Do With a Liberal Arts Degree? Anything.
Studies consistently show that those with liberal arts degrees fare better economically over the long-term. At TCU's AddRan College, we give students the critical thinking, communication and leadership skills to make them successful, regardless of chosen profession.
About Our Students
AddRan students post-graduation:*62% enter the workplace
25% enroll in graduate school
3% join the military
AddRan graduates go on to work at companies like:*
AT&T
JP Morgan Chase
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Simpli.Fi
AddRan graduates attend graduate schools such as:*
Columbia University
Duke University
University of Southern California
Washington University in St. Louis
Liberal arts is the front porch of the university. AddRan really is the heart of TCU.
Sonja S. Watson, Ph.D. Dean of the AddRan College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Spanish
AddRan Graduates Leading Their Fields
Taking on Modern Challenges Through a Liberal Arts Lens
Digital Expression
Telling stories by marrying the liberal arts with the latest digital media technologies
Texas Studies
Dedicated to discovering, preserving and promoting the history and culture of the Lone Star State
Languages and Cultures
Celebrating all languages and cultures to foster cross-cultural understanding
About Our Faculty
More than $400,000
in research funding awarded
to AddRan departments from
06/01/2021 to 5/31/2022
Over $2 million
in research funding proposals made
by AddRan departments from
06/01/2021 to 5/31/2022
Excellence Inside & Outside the Classroom
Teachers & Scholars
TCU faculty members operate under the teacher-scholar model, an idea that holds that undergraduate instruction is just as important as research. AddRan is home to teacher-scholars who are leaders in their fields of study on a national and international level.
In 2019, AddRan teacher-scholars produced:
- 19 books
- 106 referred articles
- 55 book chapters
- 139 poems, book reviews and other creative works
- 258 presentations
Phi Beta Kappa
24 AddRan faculty are members of the TCU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, more than any other TCU college or unit.
Faculty Highlights
Kara Dixon Vuic, Ph.D.
Named one of two inaugural National Archives Foundation Cokie Roberts Women’s History Fellows
James M. Scott, Ph.D.
Winner of 2022 ISA Foreign Policy Analysis Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award
*Student employment information is self-reported. Includes data reported by the class of 2024.