Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, TX. Some will say their rival is the University of
Texas or
Texas A&M. However, their true rival is Oklahoma State University. It's just fun to beat UT, and you can't call
Texas A&M a rival if they never win. School colors are black and scarlet
red. School mascot is the Red Raider; a masked Zoro type character that rides a black stallion. Texas Tech has many programs of study, undergraduates and professional students. The Texas Tech
Red Raiders are members of the Big
12 Conference (South Division) and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The
Red Raiders football team has made 32 bowl appearances, which is 19th most of any university. It's current enrollment is just over 28,000 students. McDougal Development has headed a massive urban renewal program in Lubbock (largest in the country) building new living quarters, apartments, condos etc for the students of Texas Tech University not living in dormitories over a 727 acre span.
A wide variety of students can be found at Texas Tech. Currently the Hispanic enrollment at Texas Tech is #1 at 43%. Caucasian/
white is at 40% being second.
There is
nothing 3rd rate about this school except where it is located. Lubbock, TX isn't the greatest place if your moving say from any Liberal
based larger city. Lubbock, TX is highly
conservative and has more churches and banks per population than Vatican City ( im just saying that but i think its 2nd -or in the top 5- in the country ). The county in which Lubbock resides is a dry county, so no liquor sales inside the city limits. This however
may change in spring of 2009, being petitioned by the majority of the population. Enough signatures were obtained to warrant a vote.
Enrollment at Texas Tech is growing steadily. Within the passed 8 years it has broken its highest enrollment records twice. However, state funding for Texas Tech is lower than most other states. This is not a Texas Tech factor, but rather a State of
Texas factor being that all state funded schools in
Texas do no receive adequate funding compared to many other States in the
USA.
