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Music at Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University graduates about 68 music majors a year. That puts it 39th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.31× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

88/100Standout#39 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year68under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$57,0001.31× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate73%whole school
SAT middle 50%1110–1260whole school

Around Texas Tech University

Ventral view of a dead adult Helochares maculicollis collected at Tyson Research
Helochares maculicollis 2Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
A view of Texas Tech University and downtown Lubbock, Texas viewed from the TTU
Lubbock from westPhoto: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Winter in Lubbock, Texas. The view is looking east towards downtown Lubbock from
Lubbock in winterPhoto: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Student Media Building at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, United St
StudentMedia KTXTPhoto: Voltin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Music Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 53 · Dorm 13 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5 · Library 2 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the music ranking

  1. Cornell University 89
  2. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 88
  3. Amherst College 88
  4. Binghamton University–SUNY 88
  5. University of Utah 88
  6. Brandeis University 88
  7. James Madison University 87
  8. University of Washington 87

Other strong majors at Texas Tech University

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Texas Tech University with every school we score in music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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