General Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin

Every general journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

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

UT Austin General Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

UT Austin General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in journalism, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Journalism Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UT Austin 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 journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	64
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UT Austin General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680
Broadcast News Analysts	250	$90,060

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.