Education at Texas Tech University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Texas Tech University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 298 students received their master's degree in education.

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

Texas Tech Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Texas Tech

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

Texas Tech Education Rankings

There were 72 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 298 education majors earned their master's degree from Texas Tech. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Texas Tech, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 7% 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	66
White	183
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Special Education	129
Educational Administration	102
Curriculum & Instruction	84
Teacher Education Subject Specific	51
Student Counseling	20
Instructional Media Design	12
Teaching Assistants	3
Educational Assessment	2
Multilingual Education	2

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Elementary School Teachers	136,780	$56,520
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Teacher Assistants	88,700	$23,290
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960

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.