Test-optionalNo early plan
Texas Tech University
TX · Public · South · National university
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate69.1%
Early roundNo early plan
Regular round†69.1%no early round, so same as overall
† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
No early plan (priority application deadline) · School admissions page ↗
Testing
Testing policy
Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Superscoring
What this means:
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
The saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 9, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡45.6%SAT 34.8% + ACT 10.8%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT34.8%
2,635 students
Submitted ACT10.8%
821 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1110–1260 median 1180
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
550–640 median 600
500800
SAT Math
540–630 median 580
500800
ACT composite
23–28 median 25
2036
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
SAT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
ACT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 17,493 | 68.9% | Not reported | 100% | 61% | 39% | Not reported | 22-27 | |
| 2020-21 ↗ | 20,400 | 70% | Not reported | 99% | 62% | 37% | ERW 540-620, Math 530-620 | 22-27 | |
| 2021-22 ↗ | 22,908 | 67.9% | Not reported | 47% | 31% | 16% | ERW 560-640, Math 550-640 | 23-28 | |
| 2022-23 ↗ | 23,837 | 67.3% | Not reported | 47% | 34% | 13% | 1110-1260 | 23-28 | |
| 2023-24 ↗ | 24,116 | 70.9% | Not reported | 44% | 33% | 11% | 1100-1260 | 22-28 | |
| 2024-25 ↗ | 24,958 | 72.6% | Not reported | 44.3% | 33.1% | 11.2% | 1110-1270 | 23-28 | |
| 2025-26 ↗ | 26,634 | 69.1% | Not reported | 45.6% | 34.8% | 10.8% | 1110-1260 | 23-28 |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS