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Located in Lubbock, Texas, Texas Tech University is a public institution. Lubbock is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Texas Tech University?

Contact details for Texas Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Broadway And University Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79409-5005
Phone:	806-742-2011
Website:	www.ttu.edu

Can I Afford Texas Tech?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Texas Tech students paid $298 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $707 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,935	$21,204
Fees	$2,917	$2,917
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200
On Campus Room and Board	$10,460	$10,460
On Campus Other Expenses	$4,510	$4,510

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Texas Tech, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $8,372 a year. That adds up to $33,488 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Texas Tech is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Texas Tech University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 33,132 undergraduate students at Texas Tech, with 28,969 being full-time and 4,163 being part-time.

There are also 7,410 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 28,969 full-time undergraduates at Texas Tech, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Texas Tech University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	887
Black or African American	1,729
Hispanic or Latino	8,314
White	16,051
International Students	554
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,434

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Texas Tech University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 122 countries are represented at Texas Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Texas Tech University

There are 45 bachelor’s degree and 129 master’s degree programs available online at Texas Tech. In 2020-2021, 27,637 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Texas Tech has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 19th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Texas Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Texas Tech University was 10.4%. This is the #1,200 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Texas Tech regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Johan Hendrikse under License

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