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Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech University

Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study visual & performing arts, 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.

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

Texas Tech Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Visual & Performing Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

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 visual & performing arts at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Texas Tech Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Visual & Performing Arts. 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 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts at Texas Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual & performing arts 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 visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 49
White 115
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Texas Tech Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

43% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in visual & performing arts each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a visual & performing arts master's degree from Texas Tech, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 28
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

The following visual & performing arts 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
Music 123
Fine & Studio Arts 56
Drama & Theater Arts 44
Design & Applied Arts 38
General Visual & Performing Arts 21
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 7
Dance 5

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual & performing 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
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Managers 20,710 $122,130
Graphic Designers 13,480 $50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,240 $71,520
Producers and Directors 5,300 $69,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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