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Journalism at Texas Tech University

Journalism at Texas Tech University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Texas Tech University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year.

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

Texas Tech Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Texas Tech Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Journalism Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism 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 journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Texas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 22

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Editors 5,490 $72,300
Photographers 3,070 $34,160
Communications Professors 2,460 $68,900
Radio and Television Announcers 2,320 $50,530
Reporters and Correspondents 2,210 $45,910

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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