Hospitality Management at Texas Tech University

Every hospitality management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hospitality program at Texas Tech University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,884 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 2021, 60 of them were hospitality management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Hospitality Management section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality
• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Texas Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Hospitality Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools	23

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from Texas Tech. This makes it the #23 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $45,573. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Texas Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at Texas Tech University.

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 hospitality students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Texas Tech, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Texas Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hospitality bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	32
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Master’s Program

Of the 11 hospitality students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Texas Tech, about 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from Texas Tech, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• General Business/Commerce
• Accounting

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,490	$53,230
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Lodging Managers	3,240	$55,880

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
• Image Credit: By Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.