Texas Tech University is a public four-year institution in Lubbock, Texas. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 40,757 students in fall 2024, including 32,580 undergraduates and 8,177 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Texas Tech University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 209 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Computer and Information Sciences, General, Business Administration and Management, and Marketing. It awarded 10,998 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 82 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
85% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.
Key figures
40,757
Students enrolled
85%
First-year retention
10,998
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
209
Programs and majors
20:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 209
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
85%
First-year retention, part-time students
62%
Student-to-faculty ratio
20:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
7,184
Master's degrees
2,460
Doctoral degrees (research)
417
Professional doctorates
197
Certificates under 1 year
472
Postbaccalaureate certificates
268
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
40,757
Undergraduates, fall 2024
32,580
Graduate students, fall 2024
8,177
Full-time, fall 2024
86%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
43,964
Undergraduates, 2024-25
34,543
Graduate students, 2024-25
9,421
Full-time, 2024-25
84%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
52%
Men
48%
White
49%
Hispanic or Latino
28%
Black or African American
6%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
7%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
82
Programs with a fully online option
7
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
17%
Students taking some online courses
50%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Big Twelve Conference
President
Lawrence Schovanec, Ph.D.
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization