Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX · public · 32,394 undergraduates
Texas Tech University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Texas Tech University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Texas Tech University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $17,300 per male athlete and $18,535 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $34,675 per men's player, 229% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $38,982 per women's player, 281% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, TX, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Texas Tech University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020. Texas Tech University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 13% above the Big 12 Conference median of 4.
Texas Tech University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 11 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 9. Texas Tech University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 23% above the Big 12 Conference median of 3.7.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Texas Tech University fund its athletes?
Texas Tech University reported 437 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 264 men and 173 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $7,773,958 across all sports ($4,567,327 for men's sports, $3,206,631 for women's); tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $2,109,685 for men's sports and $840,375 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $7,991 and $4,858 per athlete.
What is Texas Tech University like academically?
Texas Tech University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 73% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1190, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $27,443 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $19,070 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 31% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $11,852 for TX residents and $24,451 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
69% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 85% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $62,454, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Texas Tech University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Communication & Journalism (10%) and Engineering (9%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (456 degrees)
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (363 degrees)
- Marketing (339 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (310 degrees)
- Psychology, General (303 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (292 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (274 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (252 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (247 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (230 degrees)
What is Lubbock, TX like to live in?
Texas Tech University sits in Lubbock, a large city of about 261,000 people in Lubbock County, Texas.
Household incomes in Lubbock, a median of about $60,487, sit below the Texas median and likewise below the national one, 23% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $197,900, 24% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $1,137 a month is 15% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 16 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 30 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Texas Tech University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Texas Tech University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Texas Tech University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Texas Tech University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Texas Tech University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Texas Tech University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $17,300 per male athlete and $18,535 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Texas Tech University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $34,675 per men's player, 229% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $38,982 per women's player, 281% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Texas Tech University?
- Texas Tech University is in Lubbock, TX, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does Texas Tech University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $27,443 a year, and an average net price of $19,070 after grants and scholarships.