by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 13,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 888 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,046 and $24,615 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 800 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas”.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 274 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 76 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 52 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 166 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Angelo State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
University of Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Abilene Christian University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. Abilene Christian is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Journalism at Abilene Christian University
With a ranking of #10, Texas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Our Lady of the Lake University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #11. OLLU is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
West Texas A&M University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. University of the Incarnate Word is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Journalism at University of the Incarnate Word
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #14. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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