Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a co-educational, public research university located in Lubbock, Texas. It was established on February 10, 1923 as the Texas Technological College. In 1969, it was renamed Texas Tech University. Initially consisting of only four colleges, the university is now comprised of ten colleges and two schools:

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
College of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Education
College of Human Sciences
College of Mass Communications
College of Outreach and Distance Education
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Graduate School
Rawls College of Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
Whitacre College of Engineering

Apart from these colleges and schools, TTU also has a medical school.

The sports teams of Texas Tech University are known as the Red Raiders. The teams participate in sports like basketball, football and baseball.

Campus Location

Broadway and University Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79409-5005
USA
Main Tel: (806) 742-2011
Web Site

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Texas Tech University Highlights

Where Texas Tech University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in family and social work, business and management, nutrition and exercise therapy, architecture and planning, music, and hospitality.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
High male/female ratio.
Affordable tuition & fees.
Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	4,673	100
Master	1,053	101
First-professional degree	231	1
Doctorale	192	57

Texas Tech Students

The student enrollment at Texas Tech was 28,260 in 2007 (26,029 full-time equivalent).

About 54% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 46% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students, graduate students are 18%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 5,642
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 12,314
Room	$ 3,980
Board	$ 3,600
Books and supplies	$ 845
Other	$ 3,326

Financial Aid: Texas Tech participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Texas Tech:

School	Location	Enrollment
The University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	25,544
Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	34,174
Utah State University	Logan, UT	14,893
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	Stillwater, OK	23,213
Ohio University-Main Campus	Athens, OH	21,089
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, OH	52,568
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	25,690
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	27,569
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	29,898
The University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	29,937

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		554
Without tenure; working toward tenure		338
Without tenure; tenure not available		220

Housing and Meals

Texas Tech provides on-campus housing for 6,763 of its 26,029 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Texas Tech Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Texas Tech is in the Big Twelve Conference for major sports.

Texas Tech offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 191 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 125 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .

Texas Tech Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	90%
Women	90%
All	90%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	480-580
Math	500-610
Writing	460-560

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (140 awarded)

Agricultural Business and Management
Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture
Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (69 awarded)

Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (247 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
Interior Architecture
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (18 awarded)

Art/Art Studies
Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,391 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business/Commerce
Fashion Merchandising
Finance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (62 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Software Engineering
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (29 awarded)

Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
Land Use Planning and Management/Development
Natural Resources/Conservation
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (35 awarded)

Fashion/Apparel Design
Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (41 awarded)

Acting
Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Playwriting and Screenwriting
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (238 awarded)

Agricultural Teacher Education
Art Teacher Education
Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Evaluation and Research
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Reading Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Secondary Education and Teaching
Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (492 awarded)

Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering Science
Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (49 awarded)

Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician
Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
Engineering Technology
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (626 awarded)

Child Development
Family Resource Management Studies
Family Systems
Family and Community Services
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
Housing and Human Environments
Human Development and Family Studies
Public Administration
Social Work
Work and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (39 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (130 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (46 awarded)

Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Agronomy and Crop Science
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
Range Science and Management
Soil Science and Agronomy

LAW (231 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (958 awarded)

Anthropology
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Economics
English Language and Literature
Foreign Languages and Literatures
French Language and Literature
General Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
Historic Preservation and Conservation
History
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Museology/Museum Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Studies
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (65 awarded)

Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (323 awarded)

Advertising
Journalism
Mass Communication/Media Studies
Photojournalism
Public Relations/Image Management
Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (70 awarded)

Conducting
Music Pedagogy
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Piano and Organ

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (234 awarded)

Athletic Training/Trainer
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (33 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (325 awarded)

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biotechnology
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Entomology
Geology/Earth Science
Geophysics and Seismology
Microbiology
Physics
Toxicology
Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (258 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Educational Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Psychology