About McMurry University

McMurry University is a private Methodist the academy in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1923 and named after William Fletcher McMurry. The academic world offers forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, education, business, and religion, and nine pre-professional programs, including nursing, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, veterinary, and law.

McMurry has 1,145 students. Methodist students constitute 27 percent of the student population. Ninety five percent of students are Texan. Minority groups make up nearly one-fourth of the student body. In the freshman class, 98 percent of students receive some financial aid. Fifty-three percent of students live upon campus, and 75 percent of students are keen in at least one extracurricular activity. McMurry boasts a student to faculty ratio of 13:1.

91 percent of the facility have earned a doctorate or other terminal degree in their field. McMurry is accredited by the Commission upon Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Education Agency, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, the National League for Nursing, and the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners.

Abilene (/ˈæbɪliːn/ AB-i-leen) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 117,063 at the 2010 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the come clean of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 123,420, as of 2019. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Dyess Air Force Base is located on the west side of the city.

Abilene is located off Interstate 20, between exits 279 upon its western edge and 292 on the east. It is 150 miles (240 km) west of Fort Worth. The city is looped by I-20 to the north, US 83/84 on the west, and Loop 322 to the east. A railroad divides the city beside the center into north and south. The historic downtown area is on the north side of the railroad.