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Family & Consumer Economics at Texas Tech University

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Family & Consumer Economics at Texas Tech University

If you are interested in studying family and consumer economics, 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received their master's degree in consumer economics.

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

Texas Tech Family & Consumer Economics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Consumer Economics

Texas Tech Family & Consumer Economics Rankings

Consumer Economics Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Program

46% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 59 students who earned a master's degree in Family & Consumer Economics from Texas Tech in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in consumer economics each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a consumer economics master's degree from Texas Tech, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the consumer economics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% 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 consumer economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 31
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Careers That Consumer Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in consumer economics 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
Farm and Home Management Advisors 180 $28,570

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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