Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

What traits are you looking for in a mental health counseling/counselor school? To help you decide if Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's mental health counseling/counselor program.

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 5,274.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

TTUHSC Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at TTUHSC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, TTUHSC does offer online courses in mental health counseling/counselor for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

TTUHSC Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at TTUHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

The mental health counseling/counselor program at TTUHSC awarded 20 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. TTUHSC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor 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 Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX

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 Krista Mericle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.