by our College Data Analytics TeamFood Science is a concentration offered under the food science technology major at Texas Tech University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in food sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Texas Tech paid an average of $748 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $339 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,788 | $14,968 |
| Fees | $2,562 | $2,562 |
Online degrees for the Texas Tech food sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Texas Tech Online Learning page.
Women made up around 57.1% of the food sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 71.4%.
Around 28.6% of food sciences master’s degree recipients at Texas Tech in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.