2018 In Review
Texas Tech University
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- FROM THE PRESIDENT
As Texas Tech University approaches its centennial anniversary, our growth and achievements in the 96 years since our founding are highlighted in the remarkable accomplishments of the last year.
We closed the year with news from The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, which reaffirmed Texas Tech as one of 131 institutions in the “very high research activity” category. Texas Tech University Costa Rica, our first international campus, welcomed its first class to San Jose, while our efforts in international education were recognized by NAFSA with the Sen. Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.
Among the many outreach and engagement initiatives at the university, the East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood project, a multi-agency community effort led by the College of Education, received one of four W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards from APLU. We also added the university's first National Academy of Sciences member, Dr. Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella, a plant stress researcher in the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.
Our enrollment numbers increased to record levels for the 10th-consecutive year, while new benchmarks were set in retention rates. Student success is reflected in a record number of degrees awarded, more than 8,000, which includes 349 doctorates.
Sincerely,
Lawrence Schovanec, President
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- VERY HIGH RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education reaffirmed the university's standing as one of the nation's premier research universities.
1 of 131
Overall
1 of 95
Public Institutions
More than $8 Million
Increased investment in need- and merit-based scholarships
- Presidential Scholars Record
2,933 — Presidential Scholars among first-year students, more than doubling the Fall of 2016.
$757 Million
Endowment
Top 50 among public institutions
#138
Best Value College, Forbes, 2018
Increase of 160 spots from 2017
Rankings
Among the top 3% of the universities in the world
- Academic Ranking of World Universities
- Center for World University Rankings
- U.S. News & World Report
- Times Higher Education
- QS World University Rankings
Top 100 Public Universities
- U.S. News & World Report
- Forbes Best Value Colleges
- Forbes America's Top Colleges
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Times Higher Education
- Best Universities in the U.S.
38,209
Students
35% increase over 10 years
6,173 — Record new first-year students
- ENROLLMENT
Texas Tech University set an enrollment record for the 10th consecutive fall semester.
- Retention records
85%
1-year rate
- Degrees Conferred
8,434
Texas Tech bestowed a record number of degrees during the 2018 academic year
- First-Generation Students
43% Increase Over the Last 10 Years
- national merit finalists records
57 — On campus
26 — Among first-year students
- Research Expenditures
$180.1 M
Total research expenditures
22.6% increase over five years, top 14% nationally
NSF HERD
349
Record Doctorates Awarded
Top 50 Among Public Institutions
Center for Measuring University Performance
- Innovation Hub
$1.26 Million
Innovation Hub Grant Funding Received
$3.5 Million
Federal & Internal Grants Awarded to Startups
$1.1 Million
Startup Capital Raised
Office of the President
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