Troy University

Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System, and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist, and doctoral degrees.

In August 2005, Troy State University, Montgomery; Troy State University, Phenix City; Troy State University, Dothan; and Troy State University (Main Campus) all merged under one accreditation to become Troy University to better reflect the institution’s worldwide mission. Prior to the merger, each campus was independently accredited and merging of these campuses helped to create a stronger institution by eliminating overlapping services and barriers to students. The merger combined staff, faculty, and administrators into a single university.

Today, the university serves the educational needs of students in four Alabama campuses and 60 teaching sites in 17 U.S. States and 11 countries. Troy University has over 100,000 alumni in 50 states of the US and in other countries.

Study at Troy University

The state of Alabama offers international students the opportunity to experience a unique blend of diverse American identities. This mix includes intimate exposure to African American cultural heritage (the state having played an influential role during the famous American Civil Rights Movement), as well as some of the nation’s constituency of religiously-oriented (Christian) political cultures. In these and other ways, Alabama offers international students a wide range of experiences and real world opportunities that can serve to enrich their travel abroad experience.

Students

12995

Total Faculty

1737

Scholarship

Yes

Rank

503

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Troy University Campus

Bibb Graves Hall from University Avenue on the Troy University campus Troy University’s main campus is located near downtown Troy. The campus sits along rolling hills with many old oak trees present along the streets and throughout campus. The first two buildings that were built on campus were John Robert Lewis Hall (formerly Bibb Graves Hall) and Shackelford Hall, both of which are still standing on campus today. Bibb Graves, who was Alabama’s governor at the time of the building’s dedication, is remembered for commissioning the famous Olmsted Brothers architectural firm of Brookline, Massachusetts, to design the campus landscape plan.The Troy University Board of Trustees voted to rename the hall in Lewis’s honor on August 26, 2020. Across from the chapel is a very small lake named Lake Lagoona, which is the drainage point of the creek that runs through the Trojan Oaks Golf Course.The Trojan Oaks Golf Practice Course, which used to be full-service, 9-hole, 3,211-yard golf course, is one of the pristine features of the campus with its rolling hills, oak and pine trees, and a creek running through most of the course. Troy was one of only 87 universities in the United States to have operate a full-service golf course on its own campus before closing the course and revamping it into a golf practice facility, and is still one of the few schools to operate a 9-hole or greater practice course on its campus.