Radio & Television at The University of Texas at Austin

Every radio & television school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the tv 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 Radio & Television section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Radio & Television Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in TV
• Master’s Degree in TV

UT Austin Radio & Television Rankings

The tv major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Radio & Television. 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in tv, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

TV Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Radio & Television Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of tv bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical tv bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 12% more women than 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 tv.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	110
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UT Austin Radio & Television Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of tv master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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 tv.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That TV Grads May Go Into

A degree in tv 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
Producers and Directors	5,300	$69,280
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Film and Video Editors	1,360	$61,990
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.