Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University

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

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 Wildlife Management section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Wildlife

Texas Tech Wildlife Management Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in wildlife, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Wildlife Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of wildlife master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from Texas Tech, 78% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the wildlife master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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 wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Wildlife Management

The following wildlife 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
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	14

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Wildlife Grads May Go Into

A degree in wildlife 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
Conservation Scientists	2,010	$57,990
Fish and Game Wardens	460	$66,130
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	400	$66,150
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$87,130

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.