Communication & Journalism at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,669. In 2021, 7 communication and journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Dallas.

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

UT Dallas Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UT Dallas Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UT Dallas performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at UT Dallas is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & 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
	120
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	257
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	1,556

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at UT Dallas awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going to women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Dallas since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication and 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 Dallas with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

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

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication and journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Dallas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	7

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and 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 Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Producers and Directors	5,300	$69,280
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.