Student Population at Texas Tech University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
40,37832,5797,799
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 40,378 students have enrolled in Texas Tech University with 32,579 undergraduate and 7,799 graduate students.
By gender, 20,000 male and 20,378 female students are attending the school.
It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
4,572 students are enrolled exclusively, and 20,985 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

Texas Tech University has a total of 40,378 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 32,579 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,799 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 20,000 male and 20,378 female students (the male-female ratio is 50:50) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total40,37832,5797,799
Men20,00016,5483,452
Women20,37816,0314,347

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,189 White, 2,313 Black, and 1,285 Asian students out of a total of 40,378 are attending at Texas Tech University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1255075
Asian1,285665620
Black2,3131,2191,094
Hispanic10,8035,1205,683
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders281414
White21,18910,37010,819
Two or more races1,581751830
Race Unknown473243230
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1084266
Asian1,022551471
Black1,9661,082884
Hispanic9,4574,6044,853
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders221111
White17,7049,0228,682
Two or more races1,368657711
Race Unknown380204176
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1789
Asian263114149
Black347137210
Hispanic1,346516830
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders633
White3,4851,3482,137
Two or more races21394119
Race Unknown933954

Student Age Distribution

By age, Texas Tech has 340 students under 18 years old and 25 students over 65 years old. There are 32,992 students under 25 years old, and 7,386 students over 25 years old out of 40,378 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 340 students are younger than 18 and 11 students are older than 65. Texas Tech has 30,403 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,176 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,589 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,210 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18340205135
18-1912,7886,7266,062
20-2112,3996,2526,147
22-247,4653,2294,236
25-293,2491,5731,676
30-341,630830800
35-39963563400
40-491,066681385
50-64453309144
Over 65251015
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18340205135
18-1912,7866,7256,061
20-2112,1116,0646,047
22-245,1661,9343,232
25-291,151504647
30-34454250204
35-3921713087
40-4924014892
50-641036835
Over 651138
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Texas Tech University, 4,572 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20,985 students are enrolled in some online courses.
3,828 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 744 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students40,3784,57220,985
Undergraduate32,5792,20619,811
Graduate7,7992,3661,174
Online Student Population by Locality
Texas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,82868757
Undergraduate2,0961046
Graduate1,73258351

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,579 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,252 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.91%.1,992 students have transferred in as full-time status and 260 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time27,141
Transfer-in Full-time1,992
Regular Part-time3,186
Transfer-in Part-time260
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