The Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Major at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

If you plan to study psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, take a look at what Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 5,274.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

TTUHSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

TTUHSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at TTUHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

79% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. TTUHSC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from TTUHSC, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Registered Nurses	210,350	$72,890
Nurse Practitioners	12,020	$111,060
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,900	$71,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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