Texas Tech University (reviews)

History

After the arrival of settlers in West Texas in the 1880s, there was a demand for a college in this area. However, it was not until 1923 that the law makers decided that a whole new university would fulfill the needs more than a branch campus. In October of 1952, Texas Technological College opened for classes for the first time. Back then, it was divided into four schools – Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts. The Double T logo was first presented in 1926 during the football season. Another fact is that Texas Tech University trained over 4,500 men during World War II. Slowly, the university started offering majors outside of technical subjects and in the 1970s the university started to invest millions of dollars in the campus in order to have buildings for different areas such as languages, philosophy, engineering, and social sciences.

Academics at Texas Tech University

Currently, the Texas Technological University is the 7th largest university in Texas. In 2014, it had around 35,000 students. The university has several accreditations, e.g. in 2010, the Wall Street Journal ranked the university 18th for graduate desirability for job recruiters. Furthermore, it has five satellite campuses located in Abilene, Amarillo, Fredericksburg, Highland Lakes, and Junction, which are all in Texas. Above all, they also have a satellite campus in Seville, which is in Spain. Nowadays, Texas Tech has ten colleges and two schools, involving Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Art and Design, Music, Human Sciences, Financial Planning, Architecture, Business, Law, Health or Teacher Education.Show more