Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Texas Tech University is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, a large city, with 32,394 undergraduates. Its signature fields are family and consumer sciences, followed by agriculture: together they make up 14% of its bachelor's degrees, about seven times their share across the colleges we cover. 69% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $62,454 ten years after starting.
Texas Tech University admitted 26,634 of 38,566 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (69.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 69.1%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,852
- $24,451 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $19,070
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1110–1260
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Texas Tech University is known for
Measured by the 7,358 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Family and consumer sciences
8.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about nine times the 0.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Agriculture
5.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 1.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations5407.3% of degrees$75,702+11% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology3935.3% of degrees$53,051+5% vs $50,706 nationally
- Marketing3835.2% of degrees$72,953+5% vs $69,303 nationally
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences3805.2% of degrees$56,117+16% vs $48,460 nationally
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences3144.3% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Finance and Financial Management Services2883.9% of degrees$86,795About the $83,343 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Lubbock, TX
Undergraduates
32,394
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
20 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Texas Tech University
Three things Texas Tech University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Texas Tech University files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 34.8% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
34.8% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 10.8% sent an ACT. Texas Tech University files test scores under “very important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Texas Tech University asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 3 prompts we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
69.1%
26,634 admitted of 38,566 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1110–1260
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
23–28
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.64
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
34.8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
10.8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Texas Tech University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Texas Tech University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $11,852 ($24,451 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $27,443. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $19,070 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,852
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,451
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$27,443
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$19,070
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $27,443 full cost.
- Under $30k$12,457Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,851Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$17,058Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$22,073Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$24,622Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
69%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
85%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$62,454
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Texas Tech University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: 3 are optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionMay 1, 2027
Verified July 13, 2026
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Texas
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- The University of Texas at Dallas69.1%
- University of North Texas70.9%
- University of Dallas73.4%
- Abilene Christian University63.9%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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