Dietetics/Dietitian at Texas Tech University

What traits are you looking for in a dietetics school? To help you decide if Texas Tech University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dietetics program.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Texas Tech.

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

Texas Tech Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Texas Tech Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dietetics major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics/Dietitian. 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 Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Dietetics Schools	49
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Most Focused Dietetics Schools	110

Dietetics Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Texas Tech. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at Texas Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dietetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Dietetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in dietetics 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
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,930	$56,550
Dietetic Technicians	2,810	$26,760

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.