Overview
Established in 1901 by an act of the Texas legislature, Texas Woman’s University is a public university, primarily for women, offering baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs. It is a teaching and research institution, and its 270-acre main campus is located in Denton (35 miles north of Dallas-Fort Worth). Major centers for health science study are in Dallas, in the Parkland and Presbyterian Hospital complexes, and in Houston, in the Texas Medical Center. TWU is fully accredited by appropriate state, regional, and national agencies, including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Graduate School is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States, the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, and the Academic Common Market of the Southern Regional Education Board.

Enrollment is 10,700 students. Of these, 45 percent were enrolled in graduate programs. Qualified women and men are eligible for admission to all programs.

The Location and Community
With about 100,000 residents, Denton provides the benefits of a medium-sized city. The surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area (the nation’s ninth-largest) offers rich cultural, entertainment, and recreational opportunities. TWU’s Houston Center provides students with access to a metropolitan city with diverse opportunities, including clinical experiences that are available in the Texas Medical Center.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Texas Woman’s University (TWU) offers master’s degrees through the Departments of Biology; Chemistry and Physics; English, Speech, and Foreign Languages; History and Government; Mathematics and Computer Science; Psychology and Philosophy; Sociology and Social Work; and Women’s Studies; and the Schools of the Arts (dance, drama, music, and visual arts) and of Management in the College of Arts and Sciences; through the Departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Healthcare Administration, Health Studies, Kinesiology, and Nutrition and Food Sciences, and the Schools of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy in the College of Health Sciences; through the Departments of Family Sciences, Reading, and Teacher Education, and the School of Library and Information Studies in the College of Professional Education; and through the College of Nursing.

The University offers doctoral degrees in child development, counseling psychology, dance, early childhood education, family studies, family therapy, health studies, kinesiology, library science, molecular biology, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, reading education, rhetoric, school psychology, sociology, and special education.

In addition to the degree sequences offered by the University alone, TWU cooperates with member institutions of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities to offer interinstitutional doctoral programs and graduate instruction in a number of disciplines.

Facilities & Resources
The University Libraries have holdings of 532,676 print volumes, 45,000 e-book volumes, 1,563,177 units in microform, 2,033 periodical and serial publications, more than 100 online databases offering access to thousands of full-text/full-image articles, and 19,603 audiovisual materials. The library’s electronic resources are available through Internet access to students wherever they are located. Students have checking privileges at participating libraries of the statewide TexShare Program. The library is also connected via the Internet through Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated (OCLC), in Columbus, Ohio, with major academic and research libraries throughout the world for interlibrary borrowing and lending. The Women’s Collection, with more than 45,000 print volumes and 4,480 linear feet of manuscript collections, is a national research collection on American women and women’s issues. Specific facilities are available for nutrition, bone density, and other biomedical research. Facilities in the Institute for Women’s Health, the Speech and Hearing Clinic, the Stroke Center, and other program areas offer opportunities for special study. Grants from individual donors, corporations, foundations, and federal and state governments support diverse research programs.

Expenses and Aid
Graduate tuition for Texas residents is $193 per semester hour. Graduate tuition for out-of-state students is $489 per semester hour. All students pay the following fees on a per semester credit hour basis: a minimum $4 per semester credit hour course fee (fees ranged from $4 to $200 per course), a student service fee of $19.64 ($176.76 maximum), a library use fee of $50, a transcript fee of $3, a medical service fee of $37, and a computer use fee of $16 per semester credit hour. Students also pay a publication fee of $10, a student identification card fee of $2, a Student Center fee of $27.50, and an international education fee of $1. All rates are subject to change.

Financial Aid:
The University provides a limited number of teaching and research assistantships for qualified graduate students as part of the educational and professional-preparation programs. Stipends vary according to the assignment and qualifications of applicants. Applications for assistantships may be obtained from the head of the academic unit in which the applicant intends to study. Student loans, campus employment, and graduate scholarships are also available.

Housing/Living Expenses:
The University provides both single-room and apartment facilities for graduate students in its residence halls. It is $1702 per semester for a residence hall room (double occupancy) and $2563 per semester for a two-bedroom apartment (double occupancy). Family housing that costs $675 to $860 per month is available for married students with not more than two children and for single parents with a maximum of two children. Meal services are available in University dining halls. Costs for rooms and meals depend on individual needs and preferences. All rates are subject to change.

How to Apply / Application
Prospective students should file an application for admission to the Office of Student Records Processing no later than ninety days prior to registration. Some programs have earlier deadlines.

International Students
All foreign transcripts or marksheets must bear the official seal and/or original signatures of school authorities from the issuing school. Transcripts must show a current issue date and be sent directly from the school. Photocopies or copies attested by non-school authorities will not be considered official.

Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by TWU's Foreign Transcript Evaluator. Students must apply and submit all necessary admission documents and foreign transcripts from the high school or university overseas (in the official language of instruction and in English) to TWU. Graduate Admissions requires both the foreign credential evaluation and the official transcript (issued in English) for all Master’s and Ph.D. applicants. Students must have a 3.0 ("B" average) on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work and on all previous graduate coursework.

TWU will only provide in-house transcript evaluation for students who have submitted an application, all original foreign transcripts, and application fee. Student must apply and submit all necessary documents first before evaluation will take place. The evaluation process will take less than two weeks.

All international students, including transfers and permanent resident aliens, must present an acceptable TOEFL scores of 550 (213 computer base) or above, or a verbal score of 500 or above on the GRE or a GMAT equivalent to the 50th percentile.

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