Applying to Texas Tech University

Acceptance Rate	SAT Score
67.86%	1,195

Texas Tech's acceptance rate is 68% for students enrolled in the academic year 2021-2022. A total of 33,756 students applied and 22,908 were admitted to the school.

The rate is around the national average. The yield, also know as enrollment rate, is 28.94% with 6,629 enrolled students out of 22,908 admitted.

The average SAT score is 1,195 and the ACT score is 26 at Texas Tech.

To apply to Texas Tech, the admission test scores is considered but not required and recommendation letter(s) is recommended to submit. Below tables and charts analyze Texas Tech's admission stats including test scores, admission requirements, and statistics

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Admissions Information

The application fee is $75 for applying undergraduate school and $65 for graduate school at Texas Tech University. Next table presents general admission information.

General Admission Information
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$75
Graduate Application Fees	$65
Admission Information	www.gototexastech.com/
Online Application	goapplytexas.org/
Calendar System	Semester
Credits Accepted	Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2021-22, the acceptance rate is 67.86% and the yield is 28.94%. 15,678 men and 18,078 women applied to Texas Tech and 10,333 men and 12,575 women students were accepted. Among them, 3,151 men and 3,478 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2021). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield (also known as enrollment rate).

	Total	Men	Women
Applicants	33,756	15,678	18,078
Admitted	22,908	10,333	12,575
Enrolled	6,629	3,151	3,478
Acceptance Rate	67.86%	65.91%	69.56%
Yield	28.94%	30.49%	27.66%

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: June 25, 2022)

SAT and ACT Score Distribution

For the academic year 2021-2022, 2,050 students (31% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 1,087 students (16%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. For score submitters, SAT 75^th percentile score of Evidence-Based Reading/Writing is 640 and the 25^th percentile is 560. The SAT Math score is 640 (75^th) and 550 (25^th). The submitted ACT composite score is 28 (75^th percentile) and 23 (25^th percentile).

	25^th Percentile	75^th Percentile
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	560	640
SAT Math	550	640
ACT Composite	23	28
ACT Math	22	27
ACT English	21	28

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: June 25, 2022)

The submitted SAT and ACT scores of admitted students at Texas Tech University are relatively low when comparing similar colleges (SAT: 1,239, ACT: 75 - public Research University (very high research activity)).

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Rank, and High School Record (or Transcript) to its applicants.The school recommends to submit High School GPA, High School Rank and High School Record (or Transcript). The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Texas Tech University.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

Texas Tech Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Required
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Admission Test Scores	Considered but not Required
TOEFL	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Neither required nor recommended