invites you to experience world-class higher education founded on a Christian worldview. It鈥檚 your time to explore your gifts, discover your strengths and find your calling.
17 Inside and outside the classroom, we give you a strong foundation to build on the rest of your life.
Our academic programs foster meaningful discussion around the questions that matter most and ideas that shape the world.
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Division 1
Sports
$38 MILLION
scholarships &
grants awarded
last year
95% OVERundergraduates
receive
financial aid
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2,780
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16:1
student-faculty ratio
21
average class size
100%
classes led by faculty, not TAs
鈥淎 SCHOOL ON THE
RISE, FILLED WITH
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鈥淎 SCHOOL
WITH VISION &
INTELLECTUAL
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ETHNICITY
Hispanic 32%
African-American 29%
White 21%
Asian 6%
Other 9%
Bi-racial 3%
鈥�#10 IN BEST VALUE
SCHOOLS - REGIONAL
UNIVERSITIES WEST鈥�
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#8
50 clubs & organizations
59
countries represented
states represented
46
(Regional Universities - West) *U.S. News & World Reportfor Campus Ethnic Diversity
my faith
OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW IN YOUR FAITH ABOUND
鈥淚 was ecstatic that a school would unapologetically worship God and lift up His name in everything that it did. HCU is a community, and I feel I joined a family that I could depend on for years to come.鈥�
MICHELLE MATHEW
2017 Nursing Graduate
truly christian
Additional Opportunities to Grow
鈥� IGNITE spiritual emphasis week
鈥� Scholarships for attending discipleship or service events
鈥� RightNow Media 鈥淐hristian Netflix鈥� available to students
Intentional Christian support and direction is provided to students through several programs: Wednesday worship services featuring guest speakers and music, one-on-one spiritual discipleship with faculty and staff, prayer walks, Christian student organizations, parachurch ministries, numerous service opportunities, and Bible study groups - for starters! See Spiritual Life for more listings.
WOMEN'S
ATHLETICS
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Track & Field
Volleyball
MEN'S ATHLETICS
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Soccer
Track & Field
HUSKY ATHLETICS
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鈥淥ur convictions support and encourage the investigation of the world around us, as well as ordered methods to understand it.鈥�鈥揇r. Robert Sloan, HCU President
The Ten Pillars
Commitment to Christian Excellence in Higher Education
The Ten Pillars represent the core convictions of HCU. These beliefs and commitments serve as a firm foundation and help to guide the university forward.
I. God, the Creator of a Good and Knowable World
II. A Plan of Restoration
III. The Importance of Human Agency
IV. A Renewed People
V. A Mandate to Understand the World
VI. Learning and Teaching as Discipleship
VII. Life, Humanness, Gender, and Marriage
VIII. Governmental Institutions
IX. The Christian University
X. The Mystery of Unity in Christ
I
鈥淚 landed a job at one of the most
prestigious firms in the world thanks to leadership training and support from my professors.鈥�
Alexa Junek
2013 Marketing Graduate
Head of Executive & Event Marketing for Strategic Industries at Amazon Web Services
"HCU is such a welcoming
community, and you
immediately feel like you are
a part of the family.鈥�
Linh-Le Ving
2020 Psychology Graduate
DINING SPOTS
n addition to our campus dining options, several student favorite restaurants are a short walk away in the new Pillars shopping center.
n addition to our campus dining options, several students favorite
restaurants are a short walk away in the new Pillars shopping center.
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TEST SCORES | Send us your SAT or
ACT scores (Code: 6282 SAT / 4101 ACT)
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SUBMIT TRANSCRIPT | Through your counselor or registrar
FILE YOUR FAFSA | Starting Oct. 1 at fafsa.ed.gov | FAFSA Code: 003576
CALL | Speak with your admissions counselor at 281-649-3211
We invite you to visit HCU to discover if our home is a good fit for you. To make it convenient for you, we offer several different ways to visit the campus.
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