Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas · Website
$92,348
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$92,348
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a public 4-year college in Lubbock, Texas with 1,482 undergraduates and 3,616 graduate students. Former students earn a median $92,348 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $12,268 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
$12,268
About $130 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$92,348
Rank 90 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 27%
- Students with federal loans
- 43%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Undergraduates
- 1,482
- Graduate students
- 3,616
- Part-time students
- 11%
- Women
- 87%
- Students per teacher
- 7
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 36
- Endowment
- $284.8M
- Other
- Hispanic-serving
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 90 of 5,094 US colleges and 5 of 324 in Texas (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | TX median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $18,447 | $12,792 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $9,940 | $8,626 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 84% | 83% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 59% | 46% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 74% | 76% | 75% |
| Median debt | $12,268 | $10,667 | $19,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $84,007 | $32,765 | $43,105 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $92,348 | $38,474 | $50,314 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 78% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 93% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
36 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 915 | $12,500 | $77,083 | $89,234 | $88,910 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 242 | $29,116 | $66,286 | $86,358 | $89,981 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's | Master's | 190 | $50,275 | $110,624 | $126,759 | $120,193 |
| MedicineProfessional | Professional | 172 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationProfessional | Professional | 140 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 83 | $12,794 | $27,008 | $63,026 | $58,928 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsProfessional | Professional | 77 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral | Doctoral | 76 | $62,250 | $77,389 | $88,753 | $82,893 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 75 | $76,156 | $101,336 | $97,516 | $127,347 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 65 | $18,000 | $56,615 | $80,639 | $58,716 |
| Public HealthOnlineMaster's | Master's | 58 | Withheld | $53,883 | Withheld | $82,751 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 48 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 45 | $13,625 | $62,373 | $75,237 | $75,975 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's | Master's | 37 | $37,499 | $62,619 | $69,914 | $67,030 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral | Doctoral | 31 | Withheld | $151,725 | $135,560 | $138,131 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyMaster's | Master's | 26 | $38,250 | $66,142 | $72,352 | $80,271 |
| Medical Illustration and InformaticsMaster's | Master's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and HumanitiesMaster's | Master's | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 17 | $55,366 | $73,661 | $76,305 | $71,416 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsMaster's | Master's | 13 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Biology, GeneralDoctoral | Doctoral | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $92,983 |
| BiotechnologyMaster's | Master's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $107,682 |
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Questions and answers
How much do Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center graduates earn?
$92,348 a year is the median pay of former Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center students who work, 10 years after they started ($84,007 after 6 years). That ranks 90 of 5,094 US colleges and 5 of 324 in Texas. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral) at $151,725.
How much student debt do Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center graduates have?
$12,268 is the median federal student loan debt of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center graduates, about $130 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 43% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What are the most popular majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center?
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (915 bachelor's graduates), Health and Medical Administrative Services (242 master's graduates), Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (190 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 36 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.