Romance Languages at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322.

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

Texas Tech Romance Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages
• Master’s Degree in Romance Languages

Texas Tech Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Romance Languages. 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in romance languages at Texas Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas Tech Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the romance languages master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 romance languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

The following romance languages concentations are available at Texas Tech University. 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
Spanish Language & Literature	44
General Romance Languages	5

Related Majors

• Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Careers That Romance Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in romance languages 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,620	$71,920

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.