Liberal Arts General Studies at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, 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 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, 197 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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

Texas Tech Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Texas Tech Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts 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 liberal arts major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. 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
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	29
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	286

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $34,291. This is 6% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 197 students earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Texas Tech. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	126
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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
Professors	3,510	$61,660

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.