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TWU Dallas Center Building Campaign

The TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center

Currently, the Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center has two locations: The Parkland campus, near Parkland Memorial Hospital, which houses the College of Nursing and our nationally recognized Stroke Center, and the Presbyterian campus, adjacent to Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, which houses TWU’s nationally ranked programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy.

The new TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center (completion 2011) will combine the two campuses into a dynamic “campus-in-one-building” at the Parkland site. TWU will gain operational efficiencies, incorporate industry-standard, state-of-the-art technology into TWU’s education of healthcare professionals, help address the critical shortages of healthcare professionals through increased enrollment, and educate together the disciplines needed for a team-approach in patient care.

  • Estimated Construction Cost: $55,500,000
  • Groundbreaking: 2009
  • Proposed Occupancy: 2011
Connecting Excellence to the Real World
  • 13,338 students enrolled in fall 2009, a 68% increase since 2001 and the highest enrollment in University history.
  • America’s largest university primarily for women – Female enrollment: 90%
  • TWU has the largest doctoral nursing program in the country and the eleventh largest College of Nursing in the country.
  • First generation college graduates: 59%
  • Average SAT score for honors students: 1254; Incoming Freshman: 1000; State Average: 999
  • TWU ranks second in the state and 15th in the nation among universities with the the most diverse student population. Minority student enrollment: 43%.  (African-American 19.5%; Hispanic 15.5%; Other 5%).  An additional 3% are international students.
  • From 2003–2008, TWU's Hispanic enrollment increased 74.9%, the fourth-highest among public universities in Texas.
  • Graduate student enrollment: 41%.  (MS - 33%; PhD - 8%) 
  • TWU ranks second in the state and 15th in the nation in doctorates awarded in the health sciences.  Health Science Majors: 42% (Nursing 20%; PT 2%; OT 3%; Other 17%)
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