Hospitality Management at Texas Tech University

Every hospitality management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hospitality 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in hospitality.

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

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Hospitality Management Master’s Program

Of the 11 hospitality students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Texas Tech, about 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from Texas Tech, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 18% 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 hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,490	$53,230
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Lodging Managers	3,240	$55,880

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.