Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Texas Tech

At Texas Tech University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.53%, and the 2024 yield is 30.00%.

The number of Texas Tech applicants decreased by -3.90% (1,380 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.00% at Texas Tech University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.92% and women students' rate is 67.24%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Texas Tech University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.30%	66.77%	65.80%
2014-15	66.13% -0.17%	66.88% 0.11%	65.36% -0.44%
2015-16	63.06% -3.07%	64.92% -1.96%	61.22% -4.14%
2016-17	62.60% -0.46%	63.77% -1.16%	61.46% 0.23%
2017-18	69.18% 6.58%	69.25% 5.48%	69.12% 7.66%
2018-19	70.67% 1.49%	70.93% 1.69%	70.42% 1.30%
2019-20	68.91% -1.76%	69.13% -1.80%	68.71% -1.70%
2020-21	70.03% 1.12%	71.20% 2.07%	69.01% 0.29%
2021-22	68.00% -2.03%	66.00% -5.20%	70.00% 1.00%
2022-23	67.34% -0.66%	67.25% 1.26%	67.51% -2.50%
2023-24	71.00% 3.66%	71.00% 3.74%	71.00% 3.50%
Average	67.56%	67.92%	67.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.53% where the current academic year yield is 30.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Texas Tech University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.65%	38.32%	36.94%
2014-15	38.85% 1.20%	40.04% 1.72%	37.61% 0.67%
2015-16	35.56% -3.29%	37.05% -2.99%	34.01% -3.60%
2016-17	32.63% -2.93%	33.50% -3.55%	31.76% -2.25%
2017-18	33.74% 1.10%	33.90% 0.41%	33.58% 1.82%
2018-19	35.71% 1.98%	36.55% 2.65%	34.91% 1.33%
2019-20	35.13% -0.58%	35.62% -0.93%	34.68% -0.23%
2020-21	31.97% -3.16%	33.33% -2.29%	30.75% -3.94%
2021-22	29.00% -2.97%	30.00% -3.33%	28.00% -2.75%
2022-23	28.56% -0.44%	29.59% -0.41%	27.72% -0.27%
2023-24	30.00% 1.43%	30.00% 0.41%	30.00% 2.27%
Average	33.53%	34.36%	32.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 26,792, the average number of admitted is 18,166, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,978.

The number of Texas Tech applicants decreased by -3.90% (1,380 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Texas Tech University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,170	12,709	4,785
2014-15	21,873 14.10%	14,464 13.81%	5,619 17.43%
2015-16	23,010 5.20%	14,510 0.32%	5,160 -8.17%
2016-17	23,311 1.31%	14,592 0.57%	4,762 -7.71%
2017-18	25,207 8.13%	17,438 19.50%	5,883 23.54%
2018-19	24,452 -3.00%	17,280 -0.91%	6,171 4.90%
2019-20	25,384 3.81%	17,493 1.23%	6,145 -0.42%
2020-21	29,131 14.76%	20,400 16.62%	6,522 6.14%
2021-22	33,756 15.88%	22,954 12.52%	6,657 2.07%
2022-23	35,400 4.87%	23,837 3.85%	6,809 2.28%
2023-24	34,020 -3.90%	24,154 1.33%	7,246 6.42%
Average	26,792	18,166	5,978

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Texas Tech University and similar schools.