Texas Tech University Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Texas Tech University is 24:1, and the school has 24.2 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Texas Tech University include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Engineering; Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences; Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; and Social Sciences. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 81.2 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Sciences (biological or physical) Humanities History Mathematics Social science English (including composition) Other Foreign languages
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	24:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 23% Engineering 10% Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 8% Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs 6% Social Sciences 6%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	BA Classics/MA Classics; BA French/MA Romance Language-French; BA German/MA German; BA Mathematics/MA Mathematics; BA Mathematics/MS Mathematics; BA Psychology/MA Psychology; BA Spanish/MA Romance Language-Spanish; BBA Accounting/MSA Accounting; BBA General Business/BS Architecture; BBA General Business/MBA General Business; BBA Management Information Systems/MS Management Information Systems; BS Agricultural & Applied Economics/MS Agricultural & Applied Economics; BS Agriculture & Applied Economics/BBA General Business; BS Agriculture Economics/MAB Agribusiness; BS Architecture/BS Civil & Environmental Engineering; BS Chemical Engineering/BS Computer Science; BS Computer Engineering/MS Electrical Engineering; BS Computer Science/BS Electrical Engineering; BS Computer Science/MS Software Engineering; BS Electrical Engineering/MS Electrical Engineering; BS Engineering/MS Engineering; BS Math/BS Computer Science; BS Mathematics/MS Mathematics; BS Mechanical Engineering/MSME Mechanical Engineering; BS Petroleum Engineering/MS Petroleum Engineering; BS Political Science/MS Politcal Science; JD Law/MBA General Business; JD Law/MD Medicine; JD Law/MEngr Engineering; JD Law/MPA Public Administration; JD Law/MS Agricultural & Applied Economics; JD Law/MS Biotechnology; JD Law/MS Crop Science; JD Law/MS Environmental Toxicology; JD Law/MS Horticulture; JD Law/MS Personal Financial Planning; JD Law/MS Plant Protection; JD Law/MS Soil Science; JD Law/MSA Accounting; MBA General Business/MA Foreign Language; MBA General Business/MArch Architecture; MBA General Business/MD Medicine; MBA General Business/MS Enviornmental Toxicology; MBA General Business/PharmD Pharmacy; MPA Public Administration/MA Economics; MPA Public Administration/MS Environmental Toxicology; MS Business Administration/MS Personal Financial Planning; MS Personal Financial Planning/MBA General Business; MS Personal Financial Planning/MS Finance
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	81%
4-year graduation rate	35

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data