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Lubbock, TX · Public · 32,394 undergraduates · urban

Texas Tech University

Moderately selective

Texas Tech serves West Texas through a broad flagship-style mix particularly connected to energy, agriculture, engineering and business.

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Institutional profile

Well established Solid in student experience, and solid in affordability.
Academic Steady Affordability Solid Career Solid Mobility Solid Experience Solid
Academic standing Steady
Affordability Solid
Career outcomes Solid
Mobility Solid
Student experience Solid
Admission
70.9% admitted

34,020 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
66.7%

$62,454 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Texas Tech University apart

Academic design

Engineering, agriculture, business, architecture and sciences are major undergraduate components.

Campus pattern

Expansive Spanish Renaissance-style campus sits within Lubbock, the commercial center of the South Plains.

Career & value signal

Regional employers connect strongly to energy, agriculture, construction, healthcare and engineering.

Can I get in?

70.9% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

34,020

About 71 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 70.9%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%1090–1270
9801380
ACT middle 50%22–28
1832

Of admitted students, 33% submitted an SAT, and 11% submitted an ACT. Treat the ACT range as a guide to the students who submitted that test, not to everyone admitted.

Academic benchmarkModerately selective

In the season card

Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Texas Tech University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Texas Tech University weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Engineering, agriculture, business, architecture and sciences are major undergraduate components.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Texas Tech serves West Texas through a broad flagship-style mix particularly connected to energy, agriculture, engineering and business.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

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Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiver$75 application fee

Fee waiver: accepted

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

ArchitectureAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

BusinessAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Computer scienceAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Teacher preparationAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

EngineeringAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$29,783
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$19,000
Affordability profileSolid

College funding

Scholarships and financial aid

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In the season card

Average annual cost by household income at Texas Tech University

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years66.7%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one84.9%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$62,454

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Psychology, General

Recent graduates393
Median earnings$53,051

Marketing

Recent graduates383
Median earnings$72,953

Admits separately

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

Recent graduates380
Median earnings$56,117

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

Recent graduates314
Median earnings

What is campus life like?

Texas Tech University beyond the classroom

Expansive Spanish Renaissance-style campus sits within Lubbock, the commercial center of the South Plains.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Engineering, agriculture, business, architecture and sciences are major undergraduate components.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Expansive Spanish Renaissance-style campus sits within Lubbock, the commercial center of the South Plains.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Regional employers connect strongly to energy, agriculture, construction, healthcare and engineering.

32,394 undergraduatesSouthwesturban setting89% of first-year students live on campus