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Texas Tech University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Lubbock, TX
Population 320,000
Website http://www.ttu.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 32,446
Men / Women 50% / 50%
White 48%
Hispanic 31%
Black 8%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%
From State 91%
From Region 3%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 38%
Business & Economics 27%
Life & Natural Sciences 11%
Engineering 10%
Arts 5%
Computer Science 4%
Health Sciences 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,852
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $24,451
Est. In-State Cost $15,332
Est. Out-of-State Cost $31,630
10-Year ROI $186,000
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 20%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 3,300 (96% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 293 (91% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 69%
Yield (Unbound) 27%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $22M #68
Engineering, Computing & Math $70M #91
Life & Natural Sciences $111M #110
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 377 #47
Engineering, Computing & Math 85 #67
Life & Natural Sciences 80 #220

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 2,000 (6%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 44%
SAT Range 1120 – 1250
SAT Math Range 540 – 640
SAT RW Range 550 – 640
ACT Range 23 – 28

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 554 39% / 61% 0% $58,864 93%
Animal Science 245 — 26% / 74% 1% $54,222 55 92%
Food Science 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,814 65 —
Natural Resources Management 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $50,818 46 —
Plant and Soil Science 34 — 35% / 65% 0% $53,379 53 —
Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management 68 — 51% / 49% 0% $46,915 34 90%
Agricultural Economics 74 — 73% / 27% 0% $79,142 89 96%
Agricultural Education 27 — 26% / 74% 0% $62,955 73 93%
Agricultural and Applied Economics 32 — 75% / 25% 0% $79,142 89 96%
Agricultural Communications 52 — 13% / 87% 0% $54,653 56 93%
Landscape Architecture 14 — 64% / 36% 0% $67,991 80 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 2,444 42% / 58% 1% $56,726 94%
Chemistry 25 +1 40% / 60% 0% $68,194 80 92%
Geosciences 17 +1 65% / 35% 0% $57,013 62 90%
Mathematics 48 +5 60% / 40% 4% $60,209 68 96%
Physics 20 — 60% / 40% 5% $83,281 92 92%
Biochemistry 52 +1 35% / 65% 4% $68,301 80 97%
Biological and Physical Sciences 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $60,193 68 —
Biology 261 — 37% / 63% 1% $55,979 59 97%
Cell and Molecular Biology 16 +2 31% / 69% 12% $64,393 75 —
Microbiology 41 +1 17% / 83% 0% $76,515 87 100%
Kinesiology 285 — 41% / 59% 0% $56,645 61 —
Economics 49 +2 73% / 27% 2% $69,569 82 95%
International Economics 11 — 64% / 36% 9% $69,569 82 95%
Sport Management 107 — 77% / 23% 2% $58,772 65 95%
Anthropology 20 — 25% / 75% 0% $42,055 21 97%
Communication Studies 155 +1 41% / 59% 0% $62,488 72 97%
Criminology 19 +1 37% / 63% 0% $54,890 57 —
English 76 +3 17% / 83% 0% $55,277 58 94%
Geography — — — — $58,044 64 —
Geography 9 +1 44% / 56% 0% $57,561 63 —
History 66 +1 62% / 38% 0% $56,372 60 94%
International Studies 8 +2 25% / 75% 0% $55,366 58 100%
Liberal Arts 14 — 43% / 57% 0% $54,047 55 88%
Modern Languages 16 +5 6% / 94% 0% $53,752 54 —
Multidisciplinary Studies 281 — 59% / 41% 1% $56,016 59 95%
Philosophy 12 +1 67% / 33% 0% $51,566 48 —
Political Science 135 +5 50% / 50% 1% $57,886 63 95%
Psychology 372 +5 23% / 77% 1% $49,483 42 92%
Social Work 24 — 12% / 88% 0% $54,331 55 90%
Sociology 60 +6 40% / 60% 0% $52,686 51 95%
Spanish 20 +8 20% / 80% 0% $55,962 59 98%
Technical Communication 11 +2 27% / 73% 0% $58,424 64 86%
University Studies 209 — 41% / 59% 0% $54,047 55 88%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 277 6% / 94% 0% $57,623
Interdisciplinary Studies 277 — 6% / 94% 0% $57,623 63 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Human Sciences 710 16% / 84% 1% $54,567 92%
Dietetics 36 — 11% / 89% 3% $58,424 64 89%
Nutritional Sciences 33 — 24% / 76% 0% $60,845 69 100%
Financial Planning and Services 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $92,415 96 96%
Personal Financial Planning 41 — 80% / 20% 0% $70,532 83 96%
Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management 28 — 54% / 46% 7% $67,259 79 92%
Retail Management 24 — 8% / 92% 8% $69,773 82 —
Child Development 26 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,726 48 95%
Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences 25 — 24% / 76% 0% $51,726 48 95%
Human Development and Family Studies 123 — 5% / 95% 0% $51,726 48 95%
Human Sciences 324 +5 11% / 89% 0% $49,657 42 90%
Child Care Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,726 48 95%
Fashion Design 17 — 6% / 94% 6% $54,442 56 —
Interior Design 26 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,057 68 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Media and Communication 480 39% / 61% 0% $55,702 94%
Advertising 121 +5 41% / 59% 0% $58,729 65 92%
Electronic Media and Communications 95 — 62% / 38% 0% $50,880 46 95%
Journalism 26 +1 23% / 77% 0% $52,142 50 97%
Media Studies 35 +1 54% / 46% 0% $62,488 72 97%
Multimedia Journalism 85 — 35% / 65% 0% $50,880 46 95%
Public Relations 118 +7 21% / 79% 0% $58,729 65 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering 1,005 82% / 18% 6% $98,904 95%
Chemical Engineering 56 — 54% / 46% 11% $96,061 97 98%
Civil Engineering 107 — 77% / 23% 6% $91,736 96 93%
Computer Engineering 49 — 84% / 16% 4% $104,343 98 100%
Construction Engineering 26 — 96% / 4% 0% $102,183 98 100%
Electrical Engineering 63 — 90% / 10% 8% $98,444 97 100%
Environmental Engineering 16 — 31% / 69% 6% $88,340 94 95%
Industrial Engineering 46 — 67% / 33% 26% $104,083 98 93%
Mechanical Engineering 293 — 89% / 11% 4% $93,452 96 96%
Petroleum Engineering 25 +1 88% / 12% 12% $116,140 99 93%
Computer Science 164 — 86% / 14% 10% $106,327 98 94%
Information Technology 130 +6 79% / 21% 1% $106,327 98 94%
Energy Systems Technology 30 — 90% / 10% 0% $82,862 92 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Huckabay College of Architecture 161 59% / 41% 3% $62,018 93%
Architecture 161 — 59% / 41% 3% $62,018 71 93%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts 126 30% / 70% 2% $42,440 96%
Art 42 — 33% / 67% 0% $41,695 20 92%
Dance 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $32,717 6 —
Music 47 — 34% / 66% 2% $51,813 49 100%
Music Performance 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,813 49 100%
Theatre Arts 27 — 22% / 78% 4% $29,473 4 97%
Visual and Performing Arts — — — — $33,198 6 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rawls College of Business 1,382 67% / 33% 1% $83,066 95%
Accounting 163 +21 61% / 39% 1% $87,025 94 96%
Business Administration 26 — 73% / 27% 0% $80,948 91 94%
Finance 309 +14 81% / 19% 2% $92,415 96 96%
General Business 23 — 87% / 13% 4% $86,344 93 100%
Human Resource Management 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $78,008 89 —
Management 406 +25 68% / 32% 1% $80,948 91 94%
Marketing 349 +24 48% / 52% 0% $76,074 87 96%
Supply Chain Management 96 +2 86% / 14% 1% $80,948 91 94%

Rankings

Engineering

Drill, Baby, Drill Energy & Mining Engineering
Black Gold Elite
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Field Station
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Harvest Season

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Comparative Advantage State Anchors

Humanities & Social Sciences

Nosy for a Living Journalism
Live at 11 with the Local Affiliate
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
Hot Takes from the Local Market
Spin Class Professional Communication
Press-Release Artisans & Crisis-Comms JV

Education

Surviving PTA Karens General Education
The PTA