Texas Tech University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Texas Tech University Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Texas Tech University is unique in its study options. For instance, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Texas Tech University.

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Journalism, Photojournalism, Public Relations, Radio/Television

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Acting, Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Fashion Design, Fine/Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music Theory/Composition, Theater Design/Stagecraft

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Spanish

Popular majors:

twenty-eight percent business per marketing, fourteen percent family and consumer sciences, seven percent engineering, six percent communications per journalism, five percent agriculture, five percent architecture, five percent english

History:

History – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology, Cellular/Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Zoology

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Health/Physical Fitness

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Health Services – General, Medical Dietetics

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Fashion Merchandising, Finance/Banking, Hotel/Motel Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management, Petroleum land management

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Physics

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $405 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of April. Besides, for international students, the application fee is 60.

Texas Tech University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 71% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 84%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were three thousand, five hundred and ninety-nine total number of transfer students who applied and two thousand, six hundred total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty dollars regular application fee, fifty dollars out-of-state application fee, fifty dollars online application fee and point zero .

For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of April. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of May. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Again, It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application is due the 1st of May.

Texas Tech University Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Music/Drama and ROTC. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Leadership, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Texas Tech University Students

The school’s size is approximately twenty-two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, seven hundred and seventy-nine first-time degree-seeking freshmen and four thousand, two hundred and ninety-four graduate enrollment. Texas Tech University offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. In addition, the student body consists of ninety-five percent in-state students, five percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-nine percent women, fifty-one percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, three percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, eleven percent hispanic, eighty-one percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-two percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-five percent in top quarter of graduating class and eighty-eight percent in top half of graduating class. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 71 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Additionally, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus.

Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, eighty-nine percent of first-year students live in college housing, twenty-four percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, four hundred and fifty dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. This school features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. Clearly, the school is located 320 miles from Dallas, 320 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico.In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as museum, national ranching heritage center, archaeological dig/state park, international cultural center, international textile research center, science research laboratory, arid and semi-arid land studies center, seismological observatory, child development research center, institutes for environmental and human health, Vietnam center.

Texas Tech University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Wrestling