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. Of the 8,156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Texas in 2021, 274 of them were journalism majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UNT 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	6

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in journalism from UNT. This makes it the #15 most popular school for journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNT Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNT is $31,877. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 274 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from UNT. About 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% 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 24% 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	12
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	104
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UNT Journalism Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 journalism majors earned their master's degree from UNT. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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.