Texas Tech University

Educational Services · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2019–2024

#613 top sponsor

Overview

Texas Tech University is a Educational Services employer that has filed 120 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #613 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 71 were certified (59.2% approval rate), taking about 299 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Business Teachers, Postsecondary, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $80,000.

120

PERM filings

59.2%

approval

2

denied

$80,000

median wage

299d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 78 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (23%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India18
  • China18
  • South Korea13
  • Canada4
  • Spain3
  • Bangladesh2
  • Brazil2
  • Switzerland1
  • Greece1
  • Italy1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B74
  • O-11
  • F-11

Education

  • Doctorate64
  • Master's9
  • Bachelor's3
  • Other2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Texas Tech University most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 17 $153,529
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 13 $104,615
Computer Programmers Non R D 6 $69,874
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $94,333
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $59,092
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $117,000
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $79,167
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $73,000
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $122,000
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $81,500

Common job titles

Assistant Professor 72 Assistant Professor of Practice 5 Programmer Analyst III 5 Assistant Professor of Architectural Design 4 Lecturer 3 Research Associate 3 Programmer Analyst IV 3 Assistant Professor of Spanish 2 Assistant Professor of Advanced Building Technology & Design 2 Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics 2 Senior Research Associate 1 Assistant Professor of Social Psychology 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$70,000

25th

$80,000

median

$108,000

75th

$155,000

90th

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-300-24325-489223 Assistant Professor of PracticeCertified Lubbock, TX Mar 29, 2026
G-300-24324-486512 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Mar 27, 2026
G-300-24162-092808 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Sep 26, 2025
G-300-24159-085742 Assistant Professor of PracticeCertified Lubbock, TX Sep 26, 2025
G-300-24179-156384 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Sep 24, 2025
G-300-24176-143962 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Sep 24, 2025
G-300-24130-979120 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Aug 27, 2025
G-300-24128-963444 Assistant Professor of Advanced Building Technology & DesignCertified Lubbock, TX Aug 26, 2025
G-300-24127-963393 Assistant Professor of Architectural DesignCertified Lubbock, TX Aug 26, 2025
G-300-24128-965150 Assistant Professor of Architectural DesignCertified Lubbock, TX Aug 26, 2025
G-300-24050-729901 Assistant ProfessorCertified LUBBOCK, TX Jul 2, 2025
G-300-24051-731383 Assistant ProfessorCertified Lubbock, TX Jul 2, 2025
G-300-24003-612534 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX May 30, 2025
G-300-23345-558837 LecturerDenied LUBBOCK, TX May 21, 2025
G-300-23356-589859 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX May 6, 2025
G-300-23352-575201 Assistant Professor of FinanceCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX May 5, 2025
G-300-23354-582798 Assistant Professor of Social PsychologyCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX May 5, 2025
G-300-23353-579288 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX May 1, 2025
G-300-23310-480464 Assistant Professor of SpanishCertified - Expired LUBBOCK, TX Apr 6, 2025
G-300-23310-480239 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Lubbock, TX Apr 6, 2025

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.