Student-Faculty Ratio
24:1
Full-Time Student Population
25,878
Part-Time Student Population
4,171
Full-Time Instructional Faculty
1,150
Part-Time Instructional Faculty
217
Faculty with Terminal Degree
87%
Average Faculty Salary
$75,643
Full-Time Retention Rate
82%
Part-Time Retention Rate
58%
Programs/Majors Offered
136
Academic/Career Counseling?
Yes
Class Sizes
- Fewer than 20 Students: 23%
- 20 to 49 Students: 57%
- 50 or More Students: 20%
Instructional Programs
Occupational:
NoAcademic:
YesContinuing Professional:
NoRecreational/Avocational:
NoAdult Basic Remedial:
NoSecondary (High School):
NoSpecial Credit Opportunities
Advanced Placement (AP) Credits:
YesDual Credit:
YesLife Experience Credits:
NoUndergraduate Schools/Divisions
- Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
- Architecture
- Arts and Sciences
- Business Administration
- Education
- Engineering
- Honors College
- Human Sciences
- Mass Communications
- Visual and Performing Arts
Degrees Awarded
- Bachelor's degree
- Doctorate - Professional practice
- Doctorate - Research/scholarship
- Master's degree
- Post-bachelor's certificate
Most Popular Majors
- Business Administration and Management: 4%
- Kinesiology and Exercise Science: 2%
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General: 2%
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: 2%
Special Study Options
- Distance learning opportunities
- Study abroad
- Teacher certification (below the postsecondary level)
Best Places to Study
The upper levels of the University Library, study rooms on each floor of the dorms, Starbucks, J&B Coffee
Tips to Succeed
- Go to class.
- If you are going to go through sorority or fraternity rush at Tech, do it as a freshman, because it is much harder to get accepted as a sophomore.
- Live near campus so it is easier for you to go to class.
Did You Know?
- TECHniques is an academic support system that Tech offers to students in all majors who are suffering from attention deficit disorder and other documented learning disabilities. Students must pay for this service, but it is one of the leading academic support programs in Texas. Visit their Web site at www.depts.ttu.edu/techniques for more info.
- The University Writing Center (english.ttu.edu/uwc01) is a place where undergraduate and graduate students can schedule an appointment to meet with a tutor for one-on-one writing support. This is a free service that will prove to be especially helpful for students writing multiple papers in one of the two required introductory English courses.
- Tech does not have its own television station for broadcast students to use.
- Tech has a daily newspaper, The Daily Toreador, which is written solely by students.
- Texas Tech is the only campus in Texas with both a law school and a medical school.
- At 1,839 acres, Texas Tech is the second-largest contiguous campus in the United States.