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Journalism at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,884 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 2021, 22 of them were journalism majors.

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

Texas Tech Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Texas Tech Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Texas Tech performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Texas Tech 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
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools 135

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $32,005. This is 1% higher than $31,781, which is the national average for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

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Journalism Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Journalism Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism 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 journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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 Tech 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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