On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes
Campus Housing Capacity
6,740
Average Housing Costs
$4,290
Types of Housing Offered
- Apartments for single students
- Coed dorms
- Freshman interest groups
- Honors
- Intensive study
- Learning communities
- Men's dorms
- Special housing disabled students
- Substance-free
- Women's dorms
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus?
Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus
25%
Freshmen Living On Campus
86%
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments
3
Best Freshman Dorms
- Horn/Knapp Complex
- Strangel/Murdough Complex
Best Upperclassman Dorms
- Carpenter/Wells Complex
- Murray Hall
Worst Freshman Dorms
- Chitwood/Weymouth Complex
- Wall/Gates Complex
Worst Upperclassman Dorms
- Chitwood/Weymouth Complex
- Coleman Hall
Best Dorms
- Chitwood/Weymouth/Coleman
- Stangel/Murdough
Worst Dorms
Hulen/Clement
What You Get
- Basic cable television
- Bed
- Closet
- Desk
- Dresser
- Ethernet connections
- Sink
Also Available
Single-sex dorms, Honors College dorms, quiet study floors, community study rooms on each floor.
Did You Know?
- Each year, Residence Life at Texas Tech hosts a "Best Dressed Space Contest." The resident advisers judge and vote on the most creatively decorated dorm room in the residence halls, and the winners receive a prize.
- Housing and Residence Life also provides Residence Life Cinema on Channel 14. This station airs feature films every month. It also keeps students in the know about fun events on campus and around Lubbock.
- Subscription to premium services or digital cable radio may be requested for a monthly fee.