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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, Texas Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Located in Lubbock, Texas, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 5,098, made up of 1,482 undergraduates and 3,616 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity. It is part of Texas Tech University System.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 29 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Health, and Medicine. It awarded 2,290 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

Key figures

5,098
Students enrolled
2,290
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
29
Programs and majors
7:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 29

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 26
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
7:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,077
Master's degrees
698
Doctoral degrees (research)
24
Professional doctorates
433
Postbaccalaureate certificates
43
Post-master's certificates
15

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
5,098
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,482
Graduate students, fall 2024
3,616
Full-time, fall 2024
75%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
6,729
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,344
Graduate students, 2024-25
4,385
Full-time, 2024-25
75%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
77%
Men
23%
White
48%
Hispanic or Latino
29%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
9%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Programs with a fully online option
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
34%
Students taking some online courses
38%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Texas Tech University System
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Research Institutions
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
President
Lori Rice-Spearman. Ph.D.
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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