Enrollment Trends at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,184 where 5,098 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

29.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 70.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 18 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 82 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.08 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,998	1,464	220	1,244	3,534	1,397	2,137
2016-17	5,232 234	1,544 80	211 -9	1,333 89	3,688 154	1,398 1	2,290 153
2017-18	5,453 221	1,597 53	230 19	1,367 34	3,856 168	1,414 16	2,442 152
2018-19	5,083 -370	1,520 -77	237 7	1,283 -84	3,563 -293	1,161 -253	2,402 -40
2019-20	5,294 211	1,478 -42	236 -1	1,242 -41	3,816 253	1,187 26	2,629 227
2020-21	5,274 -20	1,393 -85	195 -41	1,198 -44	3,881 65	1,133 -54	2,748 119
2021-22	5,378 104	1,468 75	187 -8	1,281 83	3,910 29	1,110 -23	2,800 52
2022-23	5,136 -242	1,448 -20	191 4	1,257 -24	3,688 -222	1,059 -51	2,629 -171
2023-24	4,890 -246	1,374 -74	182 -9	1,192 -65	3,516 -172	1,033 -26	2,483 -146
2024-25	5,098 208	1,482 108	197 15	1,285 93	3,616 100	1,052 19	2,564 81
Average	5,184	1,477	209	1,268	3,707	1,194	2,512

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,477 where 1,482 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,464	1,228	171	1,057	236	49	187
2016-17	1,544	1,281	172	1,109	263	39	224
2017-18	1,597	1,328	180	1,148	269	50	219
2018-19	1,520	1,108	161	947	412	76	336
2019-20	1,478	1,198	181	1,017	280	55	225
2020-21	1,393	1,163	153	1,010	230	42	188
2021-22	1,468	1,233	156	1,077	235	31	204
2022-23	1,448	1,243	158	1,085	205	33	172
2023-24	1,374	1,214	158	1,056	160	24	136
2024-25	1,482	1,316	168	1,148	166	29	137
Average	1,477	1,477	166	1,065	1,477	43	203

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,707 where 3,616 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,534	2,614	1,144	1,470	920	253	667
2016-17	3,688	2,671	1,133	1,538	1,017	265	752
2017-18	3,856	2,744	1,144	1,600	1,112	270	842
2018-19	3,563	2,413	885	1,528	1,150	276	874
2019-20	3,816	2,570	910	1,660	1,246	277	969
2020-21	3,881	2,669	885	1,784	1,212	248	964
2021-22	3,910	2,563	838	1,725	1,347	272	1,075
2022-23	3,688	2,470	828	1,642	1,218	231	987
2023-24	3,516	2,391	805	1,586	1,125	228	897
2024-25	3,616	2,507	827	1,680	1,109	225	884
Average	3,707	3,707	940	1,621	3,707	255	891

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.29% and the percentage of black students is 8.63% at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. 10.53% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 27.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.34% to 48.29%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.93% to 10.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.84% to 8.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.49% to 27.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6736 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6690 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	26	696	292	924	0	2,616	0
2016-17	29	760	336	873	0	2,881	0
2017-18	48	735	366	951	0	2,091	0
2018-19	47	610	406	923	0	2,669	0
2019-20	50	552	418	1,067	0	2,758	0
2020-21	56	640	489	1,130	0	2,731	0
2021-22	42	633	482	1,277	0	2,751	0
2022-23	44	620	476	1,265	0	2,576	0
2023-24	43	583	429	1,256	0	2,453	0
2024-25	20	537	440	1,387	5	2,462	128
Average	41	637	413	1,105	1	2,599	13