Theater Arts at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year.

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

Texas Tech Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater
• Master’s Degree in Theater

Texas Tech Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Theater 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.

Theater Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its theater 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 theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Texas Tech Theater Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of theater master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in theater each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a theater master's degree from Texas Tech, 73% 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 theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Theater Grads May Go Into

A degree in theater 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
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.