Accounting at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study accounting, 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. In 2021, 187 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas Tech.

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

Texas Tech Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Texas Tech Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Texas Tech performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	26
	35
	37
	44
	180
	432

In 2021, 119 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech. This makes it the #29 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Texas Tech Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $47,589. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 187 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Texas Tech in 2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Texas Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	112
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Texas Tech Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Texas Tech awarded 119 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Texas Tech, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	79
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting 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
Accounting	306

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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.