All students who have graduated from high school since 1989 should have completed the 14 core academic units. In addition, new freshman applicants must fall into one of the following categories:

Students who have less than a 2.00 high school GPA or less than a 17 ACT Composite score will be reviewed by the Admissions Review Committee.

Students who have lower than 15 ACT English, math, or reading subscore will not be admitted, regardless of GPA. An exception to this policy will be allowed for students who score sufficiently on the COMPASS exam to place out of remedial courses.

Q- What scores do I need to be an engineering student at TTU?
Engineering majors must have a high school academic core GPA of 2.35, an ACT composite score of 20 and an ACT mathematics subscore of 20. If you do not have these requirements to be admitted into engineering, but you meet the general admissions requirements, you may be admitted into our General Curriculum program.

Q- Do mathematics and computer science majors need a different ACT mathematics score?
Yes, mathematics majors and computer science majors must have an ACT mathematics subscore of at least 21 in addition to general requirements for admission.

Q - I want to major in Nursing or a Pre-Professional area*. What are the requirements?
Students who wish to major in Nursing must have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher and an ACT composite score of 20 or higher.
Students who wish to major in certain Pre-Professional majors* must have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher, a minimum ACT composite score of 21 and an ACT mathematics score of at least 21.
If you do not meet these requirements for entering Nursing or the Pre-Professional majors*, but you meet the general admission requirements, you may be admitted into our General Health Studies program.

* Pre-Professional majors that have different requirements other than general admission requirements include: Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Medical Technology, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Occupational Therapy, Pre-Dental Hygiene and Pre-Health Information Management.