Education at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Texas Tech University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. In 2021, 331 education majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas Tech.

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

Texas Tech Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Texas Tech

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Texas Tech offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Texas Tech Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks education programs across the country. The following shows how Texas Tech performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. 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 Focused Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools	201
Most Focused Education Master’s Degree Schools	733

In 2021, 298 students received their master’s degree in education from Texas Tech. This makes it the #106 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 72 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 331 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in education from Texas Tech in 2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Texas Tech are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	176
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Texas Tech Education Master’s Program

Of the 298 students who earned a master's degree in Education from Texas Tech in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Texas Tech, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 6% 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	66
White	183
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 72 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Tech University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	305
Special Education	129
Educational Administration	102
Curriculum & Instruction	84
Teacher Education Subject Specific	77
Student Counseling	20
Instructional Media Design	12
Teaching Assistants	3
Educational Assessment	2
Multilingual Education	2

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Elementary School Teachers	136,780	$56,520
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Teacher Assistants	88,700	$23,290
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960

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.