Museum Studies at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study museum studies, take a look at what Texas Tech University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received their master's degree in museum studies.

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

Texas Tech Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

Texas Tech Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Museum Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in museum studies from Texas Tech in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in museum studies each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from Texas Tech, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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 museum studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Behavioral Science
• Medieval Studies
• Historic Preservation
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Biological & Physical Science

Careers That Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museum studies 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
Curators	680	$57,150
Museum Technicians and Conservators	500	$44,090
Archivists	460	$66,120

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.