Graduate Programs at Texas Tech University

Graduate School Overview

Texas Tech University (referred to as Texas Tech) is a Public, 4 years school located in Lubbock, TX.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1928 - Current).

Texas Tech Directory Information
School Name	Texas Tech University (Texas Tech)
Address	Broadway and University Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79409-5005
Phone	806-742-2011
Web	https://www.ttu.edu
Online Application	https://goapplytexas.org
Financial Info	https://www.depts.ttu.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Texas Tech is $9,518 for Texas residents and $17,918 for out-of-state students. The school has 7,799 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 40,378 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 318 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 73 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,918 $9,518 for Texas Residents
Student Population	7,799
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	318 graduate programs (73 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Texas Tech is $9,518 for Texas residents and $17,918 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $348 for Texas residents and $757 for out-of-state students.

Texas Tech offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Texas Residents	$9,518
Out-of-State	$17,918
Tuition per Credit Hour
Texas Residents	$348
Out-of-State	$757

Texas Tech offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	73 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Texas Tech University is $9,518 for Texas residents and $17,918 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.24% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$5,832	$2,183	$13,302	$2,183
2019-2020	$5,958	$2,223	$13,428	$2,223
2020-2021	$6,788	$2,562	$14,968	$2,562
2021-2022	$6,956	$2,562	$15,136	$2,562
2022-2023	$6,956	$2,562	$15,136	$2,562
2023-2024	$6,956	$2,562	$15,356	$2,562

The graduate school tuition & fees of Texas Tech is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,906 (public) / $18,623 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Texas Tech University	$9,518	$17,918
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,440	$18,157
Public	$8,244	$17,906
Private	$18,623

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,970 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Texas Tech.

On-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,970. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,772	$4,420	$9,772	$4,420
2019-2020	$8,670	$4,420	$8,670	$4,420
2020-2021	$9,956	$4,400	$9,956	$4,400
2021-2022	$10,346	$4,384	$10,346	$4,384
2022-2023	$10,460	$4,510	$10,460	$4,510
2023-2024	$10,460	$4,510	$10,460	$4,510

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $348 for Texas residents and $766 for other students at Texas Tech University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.19% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$324	$739
2019-2020	$331	$746
2020-2021	$339	$748
2021-2022	$348	$757
2022-2023	$348	$757
2023-2024	$348	$766

The law school tuition at Texas Tech University is $21,796 for Texas residents and $30,892 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at Texas Tech.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Texas Tech University
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Veterinary Medicine	$13,920	$8,080	$24,720	$8,080
Law	$18,072	$3,724	$27,168	$3,724

Graduate Programs at Texas Tech

Texas Tech University offers 204 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,653 students have completed their study at Texas Tech University.

Offered Degrees at Texas Tech University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	95	43	1,871
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	54	9	441
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	127
Post Bachelor's Degree	53	6	214
Total	204	58	2,653

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Texas Tech University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Financial Planning and Services program with 26 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business/Commerce program with 311 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 127 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Texas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Financial Planning and Services	✕	26	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	19	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	15	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	11	-

Popular Master's Programs at Texas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business/Commerce	✔	311	-
Accounting	✕	115	$59,700
Special Education and Teaching	✔	104	$46,800
Data Science, General	✔	69	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	60	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Texas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	127	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	44	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	29	-
Music	✔	21	-
Chemistry	✔	18	-

Texas Tech University offers 204 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,653 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,871 students have earned/completed Master's program.
127 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
214 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (4 completers)	61 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✔	5	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	10	-
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	✔	18	-
Animal Sciences	✕	12	-
Food Science	✕	3	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✔	11	-
Horticultural Science	✔	2	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (1 completers)	19 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✔	14	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	4	-
Architecture [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Architecture	✕	44	$51,900
Landscape Architecture	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (3 completers)	108 completers	$40,000
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	6	$40,000
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✔	58	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✔	44	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	34 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✔	34	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (12 completers)	326 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✔	16	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	40	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	48	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	35	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	18	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✔	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	104	$46,800
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	31	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✔	8	$48,500
Art Teacher Education	✔	7	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✔	7	-
Music Teacher Education	✔	11	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	1	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (9 completers)	175 completers	-
Engineering	✔	8	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	5	-
Chemical Engineering	✔	23	-
Civil Engineering	✔	21	-
Computer Software Engineering	✔	10	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	25	$79,500
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	18	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	26	-
Petroleum Engineering	✔	7	-
Systems Engineering	✔	15	-
Industrial Engineering	✔	16	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✔	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	11	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	12	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	58 completers	-
Family Resource Management Studies	✔	43	$50,600
Housing and Human Environments	✕	4	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✔	11	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (3 completers)	32 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	17	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✔	15	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✔	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	13	-
Microbiology	✕	10	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	-	-
Toxicology	✕	-	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	4	-
Biotechnology	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	9	-
Statistics	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (3 completers)	210 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✔	38	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✕	16	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	60	-
Data Science, General	✔	69	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	27	$42,900
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	29	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	18	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	5	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	12	-
Physics	✕	9	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	20 completers	-
Psychology	✕	8	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	4	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	-	-
Educational Psychology	✔	8	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	5	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	22	-
Social Work	✕	19	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	3	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Dance	✕	4	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	12	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	8	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	2	-
Music	✕	17	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	12	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	491 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	311	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	$71,400
Accounting	✕	115	$59,700
Finance	✕	24	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	10	-
Marketing Research	✔	31	-
History [+]	✕	8 completers	-
History	✕	8	-
	Total	1,871

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	9	-
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	✕	-	-
Animal Sciences	✕	9	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	6	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Land Use Planning and Management/Development	✕	1	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	5	-
Architecture [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Education [+]	✔ (7 completers)	124 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	44	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	29	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	18	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	5	$85,800
Special Education and Teaching	✕	12	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	6	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✔	5	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✔	4	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	60 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	13	-
Civil Engineering	✕	7	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	17	-
Engineering Science	✕	4	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	7	-
Petroleum Engineering	✕	4	-
Systems Engineering	✔	3	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✔	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	14	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	6	-
Toxicology	✕	-	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	16	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	1	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	18	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	7	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	9	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	1	-
Educational Psychology	✕	13	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	8	-
Music	✕	21	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	7	-
Business [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	9	-
Financial Planning and Services	✕	14	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	4	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	441

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	-	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	127 completers	-
Law	✕	127	-
	Total	127

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	-	-
Animal Sciences	✕	-	-
Architecture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Architecture	✕	8	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	-	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✕	20	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	32 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	15	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	2	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	-	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	6	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Educational Psychology	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	11	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Financial Planning and Services	✕	26	-
	Total	214

Graduate Student Population at Texas Tech

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,799 students enrolled into Texas Tech University graduate schools where it has total 40,378 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 4,996 full-time and 2,803 part-time graduate students. By gender, 3,452 male and 4,347 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,799	3,452	4,347
Full-time	4,996	2,465	2,531
Part-tme	2,803	987	1,816

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,485 White (44.69%), 347 Black/African American (4.45%), 1,346 Hispanic (17.26%), 263 Asian (3.37%), and 2,358 students with other races. 2,029 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,799	3,452	4,347
American Indian/Native American	17	8	9
Asian	263	114	149
Black/African American	347	137	210
Hispanic	1,346	516	830
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	3
White	3,485	1,348	2,137
Two More	213	94	119
Un-Known	93	39	54
Non-resident Alien	2,029	1,193	836

Texas Tech University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,366 graduate students (30.34% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,174 graduate students (15.05% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,799
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,366
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,174
Not in Online Courses	4,259

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Texas Tech University. 2,587 students are aged 20 to 24 (33.17% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 364 students are aged above 50 (4.67%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Texas Tech University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,799	3,452	4,347
Age 18-19	2	1	1
Age 20-21	288	100	188
Age 22-24	2,299	1,004	1,295
Age 25-29	2,098	1,029	1,069
Age 30-34	1,176	596	580
Age 35-39	746	313	433
Age 40-49	826	293	533
Age 50-64	350	109	241
Over 64	14	7	7

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