{"id":54990,"date":"2026-04-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=54990"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:28:57","slug":"tarleton-state-fort-worth-to-host-open-house-for-prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-fort-worth-to-host-open-house-for-prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State Fort Worth To Host Open House for Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s graduate-level degree programs will be highlighted during an open house for prospective students 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Fort Worth campus off Chisholm Trail Parkway, 10850 Texan Rider Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees will be able to engage with graduate faculty to learn more about their programs of interest. In addition to campus tours, event programming will include personalized support in the areas of financial aid, graduate student scholarships and starting\/submitting a graduate admissions application. Application fees will be waived for attendees who apply within a week of the open house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate students and members of the public are encouraged to RSVP in advance&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonstate.my.salesforce-sites.com\/events\/targetX_eventsb__events#\/esr?eid=a0uQn00000ItWUjIAN\">here<\/a>; walk-ins are also welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton State Fort Worth offers master\u2019s programs in accounting, business administration, clinical mental health counseling, communication studies, counseling, criminal justice, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, medical laboratory services, nursing administration, nursing education, psychology, public administration and social work. The university\u2019s Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program combines individualized study with specialized coursework and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton State offers day, evening and weekend classes, along with a fully online campus boasting 15 graduate degree programs. For more information on Tarleton State Fort Worth\u2019s graduate-level programs, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tarleton.edu\/graduate\/\">tarleton.edu\/graduate\/<\/a>&nbsp;or email Dr. Mweni Ekpo, Graduate Recruitment Manager, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ekpo@tarleton.edu\">ekpo@tarleton.edu<\/a>. To learn more about Tarleton State Online, go&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tarleton.edu\/online\/\">tarleton.edu\/online\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s graduate-level degree programs will be highlighted during an open house for prospective students 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Fort Worth campus &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":422,"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[438,457],"class_list":["post-54990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morestories","tag-college-of-graduate-studies","tag-tarleton-state-fort-worth"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/01\/Tarleton_State_Fort_Worth-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/morestories\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_morestories<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_morestories<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/morestories\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Graduate Studies<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/morestories\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Graduate Studies<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 day ago","modified":"Updated 2 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2026","modified":"Updated on March 31, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2026 10:00 am","modified":"Updated on March 31, 2026 10:28 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Tarleton State Fort Worth","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54991,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54990\/revisions\/54991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}