Speech Communication at Texas Tech University

If you are interested in studying speech communication, you may want to check out the program at Texas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Speech Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Speech Communication Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

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 speech communication at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Texas Tech Speech Communication Rankings

Speech Communication Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Speech Communication Master’s Program

27% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in speech communication each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 36% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Speech Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech communication 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
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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
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