Journalism at University of North Texas

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at University of North Texas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year.

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

UNT Journalism Degrees Available

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

UNT Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UNT 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UNT since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 University of North Texas with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	97
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UNT Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 65% 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 University of North Texas with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Texas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	259
Broadcast Journalism	40

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 University of North Texas.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.