Ballpark Figures
This project includes data from the 2015-16 school year. View more in the Ballpark Figures series.

Conference: Big 12 Conference

Total undergraduates: 26,055

View NCAA report | About the data

These figures come from reports filed with the NCAA in 2017. They reflect statistics from the 2015-16 school year.

Texas Tech University

Total athletic department revenue and expenses

Here’s a look at the amount of money the athletic department earns and spends by itself. Revenue doesn’t include student fees or money transferred into the department by the university. The TTU athletics department receives $3,282,974 from student fees and $2,531,257 from the university.

Revenue:

$77,182,090

Expenses:

$78,598,577

TTU spent money on...

Athletic scholarships: $7,107,600

Coaching salaries: $14,321,251

Recruiting: $1,551,215

TTU earned money from...

Ticket sales: $10,999,848

NCAA/conference distributions: $11,410,740

Totals for men’s and women’s teams

  • Men's

    Revenue:

    $56,406,522

    Expenses:

    $32,794,566

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $3,464,531

    Expenses:

    $12,586,242

Football

Football

Revenue:

$46,847,102

Expenses:

$18,039,499

Revenue from ticket sales: $9,009,940

Expenses for athletic student aid: $2,650,525

Expenses for coaching salaries: $6,183,035

Expenses for recruiting: $501,271

Basketball

Basketball

Men's

Revenue:

$8,036,815

Expenses:

$7,348,405

Revenue from ticket sales: $856,238

Expenses for athletic student aid: $419,197

Expenses for coaching salaries: $3,180,856

Expenses for recruiting: $274,356

Women's

Revenue:

$2,307,349

Expenses:

$4,130,179

Revenue from ticket sales: $242,594

Expenses for athletic student aid: $471,787

Expenses for coaching salaries: $1,063,095

Expenses for recruiting: $230,633

Baseball

Baseball

  • Men's

    Revenue:

    $1,039,005

    Expenses:

    $3,737,355

  • No women's team

Golf

Golf

  • Men's

    Revenue:

    $223,037

    Expenses:

    $792,946

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $163,836

    Expenses:

    $721,107

Soccer

Soccer

  • No men's team

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $364,532

    Expenses:

    $1,860,909

Softball

Softball

  • No men's team

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $216,053

    Expenses:

    $1,336,571

Tennis

Tennis

  • Men's

    Revenue:

    $67,779

    Expenses:

    $751,875

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $110,160

    Expenses:

    $859,293

Track, field and cross country

Track and field and cross-country

  • Men's

    Revenue:

    $192,784

    Expenses:

    $2,124,486

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $181,295

    Expenses:

    $2,143,967

Volleyball

Volleyball

  • No men's team

  • Women's

    Revenue:

    $121,306

    Expenses:

    $1,534,216