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 approximately 38,209 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,648 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 2019, 229 of them were accounting majors.

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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Texas Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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
Most Popular Accounting Schools	27
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	103
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best Accounting Schools	164
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	412

In 2019, 122 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.

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 229 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Texas Tech in 2018-2019, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 64% 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	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	146
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Texas Tech Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Texas Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Texas Tech, 69% 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	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	84
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Credit Analysts	7,700	$81,540
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Budget Analysts	4,370	$77,900
Financial Examiners	4,210	$84,350

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.