Political Science at Texas Tech University

Every political science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the poly sci 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 Political Science section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Political Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Poly Sci
• Master’s Degree in Poly Sci

Online Classes Are Available at Texas Tech

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Texas Tech Political Science Rankings

The poly sci major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Science. 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in poly sci, making the school the #87 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Poly Sci Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Political Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of poly sci bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its poly sci 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 poly sci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	61
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Texas Tech Political Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of poly sci master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Poly Sci Grads May Go Into

A degree in poly sci 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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Political Science Professors	1,910	$81,070
Political Scientists	220	$87,610

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.