Texas Tech University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, hospitality, family and social work, engineering, architecture and planning, and music.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High male/female ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Texas Tech participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 73% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,422 in 2009-2010 (27,356 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students and graduate students are 21%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Texas Tech provides on-campus housing for 6,766 of its 27,356 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

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

The school 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) .

Graduate School Focus

Texas Tech offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (150 awarded)

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

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (75 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (247 awarded)

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

ART STUDIES (18 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,215 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (79 awarded)

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

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (26 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 (54 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (27 awarded)

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

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (228 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 (636 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Construction 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 (55 awarded)

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

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (535 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

FINE ARTS (41 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (140 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management
• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (28 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 (204 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (976 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 (52 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (293 awarded)

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

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (8 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (117 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (272 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (21 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (283 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 (247 awarded)

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