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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University
2500 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79409-5005


Fax number: (806) 742-0062
Website: https://www.ttu.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 32,579
Full-time undergraduates: 29,133
Part-time undergraduates: 3,446
Total graduate students: 7,799
Full-time graduate students: 4,996
Part-time graduate students: 2,803
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
29.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
54.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.7% Nonresident Alien
1.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,839 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 93%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 23%
Percent of students who live off campus: 77%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1941
Other computer facilities/services: online degree plans, accounts, transcripts, financial aid, course and instructor evaluations, scholarship applications and submissions, access to academic advisor schedules
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Society of Petroleum Engineers; American Association of Drilling Engineers; American Medical Student Association; American Medical Women's Association; Pre-Nursing Association

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; fencing; football; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; triathlon; indoor track; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Lubbock Preston Smith Internat

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