Enrollment Trends at Texas Tech

The student population at Texas Tech University is 40,378 (32,579 undergraduate and 7,799 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 7,911 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Texas Tech is 80.69% which is increased by 6,098 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,813 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.02 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

4,572 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 102.12% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 37,121 where 40,378 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,098 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,813 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.02 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Texas Tech.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Tech University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	32,467	26,481	14,549	11,932	5,986	3,000	2,986
2013-14	33,111 644	27,044 563	15,054 505	11,990 58	6,067 81	3,003 3	3,064 78
2014-15	35,158 2,047	28,632 1,588	15,799 745	12,833 843	6,526 459	3,207 204	3,319 255
2015-16	35,859 701	29,237 605	16,130 331	13,107 274	6,622 96	3,255 48	3,367 48
2016-17	36,551 692	29,963 726	16,437 307	13,526 419	6,588 -34	3,177 -78	3,411 44
2017-18	36,996 445	30,737 774	16,513 76	14,224 698	6,259 -329	2,977 -200	3,282 -129
2018-19	38,209 1,213	31,957 1,220	17,054 541	14,903 679	6,252 -7	2,872 -105	3,380 98
2019-20	38,742 533	32,125 168	16,727 -327	15,398 495	6,617 365	3,023 151	3,594 214
2020-21	40,322 1,580	33,269 1,144	17,119 392	16,150 752	7,053 436	3,217 194	3,836 242
2021-22	40,542 220	33,132 -137	16,887 -232	16,245 95	7,410 357	3,304 87	4,106 270
2022-23	40,378 -164	32,579 -553	16,548 -339	16,031 -214	7,799 389	3,452 148	4,347 241
Average	37,121	30,469	16,256	14,213	6,653	3,135	3,517

Texas Tech University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 30,469 where 32,579 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Tech University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,481	23,588	12,882	10,706	2,893	1,667	1,226
2013-14	27,044	24,338	13,471	10,867	2,706	1,583	1,123
2014-15	28,632	25,589	14,064	11,525	3,043	1,735	1,308
2015-16	29,237	26,121	14,355	11,766	3,116	1,775	1,341
2016-17	29,963	26,627	14,545	12,082	3,336	1,892	1,444
2017-18	30,737	27,318	14,548	12,770	3,419	1,965	1,454
2018-19	31,957	27,648	14,662	12,986	4,309	2,392	1,917
2019-20	32,125	28,062	14,540	13,522	4,063	2,187	1,876
2020-21	33,269	29,010	14,825	14,185	4,259	2,294	1,965
2021-22	33,132	28,969	14,677	14,292	4,163	2,210	1,953
2022-23	32,579	29,133	14,731	14,402	3,446	1,817	1,629
Average	30,469	30,469	14,300	12,646	30,469	1,956	1,567

Texas Tech University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,653 where 7,799 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Tech University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,986	3,924	2,101	1,823	2,062	899	1,163
2013-14	6,067	3,949	2,083	1,866	2,118	920	1,198
2014-15	6,526	4,261	2,290	1,971	2,265	917	1,348
2015-16	6,622	4,250	2,231	2,019	2,372	1,024	1,348
2016-17	6,588	4,165	2,217	1,948	2,423	960	1,463
2017-18	6,259	3,921	2,097	1,824	2,338	880	1,458
2018-19	6,252	3,847	1,980	1,867	2,405	892	1,513
2019-20	6,617	4,062	2,119	1,943	2,555	904	1,651
2020-21	7,053	4,242	2,174	2,068	2,811	1,043	1,768
2021-22	7,410	4,496	2,259	2,237	2,914	1,045	1,869
2022-23	7,799	4,996	2,465	2,531	2,803	987	1,816
Average	6,653	6,653	2,183	2,009	6,653	952	1,509

Texas Tech University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.48%. The percentage was 64.37% 10 years ago and Texas Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 3.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Tech University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	131	813	1,678	5,734	24	20,899	762
2013-14	108	863	1,830	6,303	30	20,582	879
2014-15	113	850	2,011	7,075	39	20,965	1,053
2015-16	113	855	2,082	7,545	47	20,989	930
2016-17	111	869	2,186	8,187	44	21,035	840
2017-18	118	859	2,173	9,380	36	20,372	717
2018-19	139	1,126	2,378	10,422	31	20,621	995
2019-20	139	1,130	2,401	10,381	23	20,727	1,307
2020-21	130	1,226	2,491	10,992	31	21,458	1,495
2021-22	126	1,290	2,378	11,056	27	21,664	1,537
2022-23	125	1,285	2,313	10,803	28	21,189	1,581
Average	123	1,015	2,175	8,898	33	20,955	1,100

Texas Tech University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,572 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 102.12% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Tech University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	35,158	2,262	10,406	22,490
2015-16	35,859	2,386	12,440	21,033
2016-17	36,551	2,756	13,492	20,303
2017-18	36,996	2,739	14,630	19,627
2018-19	38,209	3,513	15,508	19,188
2019-20	38,742	3,742	16,456	18,544
2020-21	40,227	4,027	17,724	18,476
2021-22	40,542	5,243	22,394	12,905
2022-23	40,378	4,572	20,985	14,821
Average	38,074	3,471	16,004	18,599

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