Journalism at Texas Christian University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Texas Christian University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and approximately 11,379 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from TCU.

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

TCU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

TCU Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at TCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at TCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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
Best Value Journalism Schools	175

Earnings of TCU Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at TCU is $38,196. This is 20% higher than $31,781, which is the national average for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at TCU

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

TCU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from TCU in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at TCU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at TCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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 Christian University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Photographers	3,070	$34,160
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Amymay52 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.