by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 10,697 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 769 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 683 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,918 and $22,392 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general journalism.
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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 12 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. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 217 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 67 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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 school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 42 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Journalism at Southern Methodist University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 147 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Texas Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Angelo State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. Angelo State University is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 59 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Texas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the Incarnate Word General Journalism Report
Texas Tech University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 38 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 85%.
West Texas A&M University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Texas ranking. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
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