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Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Overview

  • Type
    4-year • Public
  • Campus Life
    Very Large • Urban
  • Average Per Year After Aid
    $18K
  • SAT Range
    1100–1260
  • Graduation Rate
    64%

Texas Tech University is a very large, 4-year, public university. This coed college is located in a city in an urban setting and is primarily a residential campus. It offers bachelor's, certificate, master's, and doctoral degrees. This college has an acceptance rate of 71% and a graduation rate of 64%.

From the Institution

For more than 100 years, Texas Tech University in Lubbock has shown that it can adapt to the changing landscape of education to meet the demands of students in a wide array of disciplines. Founded as Texas Technological College in 1923, the school opened two years later with six buildings and 914 students, with the first graduate-level instruction beginning in 1927. The School of Law welcomed its first class in 1967, and by the mid-1970s, Texas Tech had six colleges: Agricultural Sciences, Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Home Economics. Today, Texas Tech has 13 colleges a...

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College Board Code
6827
Application Types Accepted
  • Coalition Application
  • Common Application
  • Other
Fee Waiver Info
Available to all qualified students. Visit the college website for details.

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Important Dates

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August 1
Regular Application Due

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