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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech publishes 73% (Fall 2024). In-state applicants got in at 75%; international at 34%.

Acceptance rate
73%
College Scorecard, latest cycle
SAT middle 50%
1090–1280
Section 25th–75th, summed
ACT middle 50%
23–28
Avg. HS GPA
3.64
Fall 2025 enrolled first-time first-year students (CDS 2025-26)
Test policy
Not published
Regular deadline
Not published

Acceptance rate

What Texas Tech's 73% is made of

The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Texas Tech reports itself.

By residency

75%
In-state
34%
International

Fall 2024

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Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.

Testing

Test scores at Texas Tech

SAT middle 50%
1090–1280sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
ACT middle 50%
23–28
Average HS GPA
3.64Fall 2025 enrolled first-time first-year students (CDS 2025-26) · Source

At a glance

Size and cost

Undergraduate enrollment
32,394
Tuition (out-of-state)
$24,451
Category
Public
Admissions site
www.ttu.edu

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