Texas Woman's University
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1901 |
| Chancellor | Carine M. Feyten |
| Students | 1,446 (Dallas) 12,416 (Denton) 1,273 (Houston) |
| Undergraduates | 9,443 |
| Postgraduates | 5,725 |
| Location | Denton, Texas, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban, 270 acres (1.09 km²) |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II – Lone Star |
| Nickname | Pioneers |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 573 |
| U.S. News & World Report | RNP |
| Washington Monthly | 219 |
Texas Woman's University (historically the College of Industrial Arts and Texas State College for Women, commonly known as TWU) is a co-educational university in Denton, Texas, United States with two health science center branches in Dallas and Houston. While male students are accepted into all programs, the school is better known as the largest state-supported university for women in the United States. TWU’s nursing doctoral program is the largest in the United States.
TWU is one of only four public universities in Texas not affiliated with any of Texas' public university systems.
Several Texas-based groups advocated for the creation of the school that would become Texas Woman's University. These groups included the Texas Press Women's Association, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Grange and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Texas Woman's University was established in 1901 by an act of the Texas Legislature, and was originally named "Texas Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls of the State of Texas in the Arts and Sciences." It became the Girls Industrial College, in 1903 and conferred its first degrees in 1904. The college changed its name in 1905 to the College of Industrial Arts and Sciences (CIA) and offered programs in a variety of liberal arts, fine arts, and science programs.
The school underwent another name change in 1934 to the Texas State College for Women (TSCW) to reflect its growing reputation as a premiere institution of higher education for women in the state.
In 1950, TSCW became the first-nationally accredited nursing program in the state. The nursing program opened at the original Parkland Hospital in 1954. In 1956 TWU opened first building dedicated solely to the instruction of library sciences. In 1957, the school changed its name for the fourth time to Texas Woman's University. The original Houston Campus opened in 1960.
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