Communication & Media Studies at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UNT.

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

UNT Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

UNT Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 communications major at UNT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	203
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in communications from UNT. This makes it the #107 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 98 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UNT in 2021, 28% were men and 72% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNT are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	51
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UNT Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a master's degree in communications from UNT. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% 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 University of North Texas with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Journalism

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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 University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.