2025 Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Texas

If you plan on getting your master's degree in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #102 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of journalism. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 master's degrees in journalism during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to journalism students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of journalism students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt journalism students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for journalism students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Journalism Schools

The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Texas.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Journalism in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in journalism.

Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Journalism

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

17 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a master's degree in journalism. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a master’s in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin

2

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

17 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in journalism has to check out University of North Texas. UNT is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Denton.More information about a master’s in journalism from University of North Texas

Best Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	180	56
Oklahoma	153	16

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Journalism Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Journalism Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	40

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	330
Public Relations & Advertising	137
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	61
Publishing	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer. More about our data sources and methodologies.