Engineering at Texas Tech University

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

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.

Texas Tech does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Texas Tech Engineering Rankings

There were 74 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	63
International Students	136
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering 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
Electrical Engineering	43
Chemical Engineering	41
Mechanical Engineering	37
Civil Engineering	36
Industrial Engineering	36
Petroleum Engineering	26
Systems Engineering	17
Biomedical Engineering	14
Environmental Engineering	14
General Engineering	10
Computer Engineering	4
Manufacturing Engineering	2
Energy Systems Engineering	2
Engineering Science	1
Construction Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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.