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Campus Guide: Texas Tech
A quick, honest look at Texas Tech University and Lubbock, Texas, for future students, parents and visitors. The same guide lives in the Flyer app behind the book icon.
Enrollment source: Texas Tech Today, Aug 2026.
Getting in
Texas Tech guarantees admission based on high school class rank plus an ACT or SAT score. Everyone else gets a full holistic review.
| Class rank | Score for assured admission |
|---|---|
| Top 10% | No minimum score |
| Rest of the first quarter | ACT 24 or SAT 1180 |
| Second quarter | ACT 26 or SAT 1240 |
| Third quarter | ACT 27 or SAT 1280 |
| Fourth quarter | Application review |
- Test-optional applications are allowed and reviewed holistically.
- Holistic review looks at grades and course rigor (Honors, AP, IB), activities, leadership, service and your story. Essays and up to 3 recommendation letters help.
- Some programs, like business (Rawls) and engineering (Whitacre), only admit students who meet the assured admission table.
Source: TTU Undergraduate Admissions, checked Nov 6, 2026. Always confirm with TTU.
What to study
Rawls College of Business
Business majors from accounting to marketing.
Whitacre College of Engineering
Includes petroleum, mechanical, civil and computer engineering.
And a lot more
Architecture, Media & Communication, Agricultural Sciences, Human Sciences and more, each with its own buildings and traditions.
Traditions
Guns Up
The hand sign: thumb up, index finger out like a pistol. You will see it at every game.
The Masked Rider
A student in a black mask and cape rides a black horse onto the field before football games.
Raider Red
The costumed mascot with the oversized mustache and two pistols.
Carol of Lights
Every December, thousands of red, white and orange lights come on across campus at once.
Victory Bells
The bells in the Administration Building ring after big wins and on special days.
Will Rogers and Soapsuds
The statue is wrapped in red crepe paper before home football games.
Notable Red Raiders
| Patrick Mahomes | Super Bowl winning quarterback. Played at Texas Tech. |
| Rick Husband | NASA astronaut and commander of Space Shuttle Columbia. Mechanical engineering graduate. |
| Ed Whitacre | Former CEO of AT&T and General Motors. The engineering college carries his name. |
| Jerry Rawls | Tech founder and business leader. The business college carries his name. |
| Sheryl Swoopes | Basketball Hall of Famer who led Tech to the 1993 national title. |
| Wes Welker | Record-setting NFL receiver who starred at Tech. |
Life in Lubbock
Lubbock is a West Texas city of more than 250,000 people with big skies, cheap living and a real music history.
Buddy Holly Center
The rock and roll legend was from Lubbock.
Depot District
Live music, restaurants and coffee.
National Ranching Heritage Center
Historic ranch buildings on the edge of campus. Free.
Museum of Texas Tech University
Art, natural history and a planetarium on campus.
Lubbock Lake Landmark
Trails through 12,000 years of history.
Prairie Dog Town in Mackenzie Park
A Lubbock classic. Free.
Science Spectrum
A hands-on science museum with a dome theater.
Cactus Theater
A restored 1938 theater with live shows.
In the app, these are pinned in purple on the Campus map.
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