Accreditation & Mayborn by the Numbers

Accreditation

The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism is among the elite journalism programs that have earned national accreditation by the ACEJMC, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication:

University of Kansas School of Journalism
Stauffer-Flint Hall 1435 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 785-864-3973

Fall 2023 Demographics

Total Amount of Students: 785
Undergraduate: 731 (93.1%)
Graduate: 54 (6.9%)

Undergraduate Classification (by earned hours)
NOTE: Grad students are not tracked in classification numbers

Freshmen (0-29 hours): 181 (23.1%)
Sophomores (30-59 hours): 138 (17.6%)
Juniors (60-89 hours): 172 (21.9%)
Senior (90+ hours): 240 (30.6%)

Ethnicity

African-American: 179 (22.8%)
American Indian: 13 (1.7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander: 44 (5.6%)
Hispanic: 225 (28.7%)
Non-Resident: 16 (2.0%)
Other: 3 (0.4%)
White: 305 (38.9%)

Gender
NOTE: Our reporting systems do not track non-binary genders

Men: 320 (40.8%)
Women: 465 (59.2%)

Major Concentration

Undergraduate Total: 731

Advertising (New BS): 59 (8.1%)
Advertising (old concentration): 70 (9.6%)
Broadcast: 235 (32.1%)
Digital and Print: 160 (21.9%)
Photojournalism: 67 (9.2%)
Public Relations: 129 (17.6%)
Teacher's Certification: 9 (1.2%)
Undeclared (never attended JOUR): 2 (.2%)

Graduate Total: 54

Master's of Arts - Journalism: 12 (22.2%)
Master's of Journalism: 23 (42.6%)
Digital Comm Analytics: 19 (35.2%)

Retention & Graduation Facts

The Mayborn School of Journalism is one of 119 programs within the United States and outside the country accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Students may choose from professional concentrations in digital and print, broadcast journalism, photojournalism, advertising and public relations.

Undergraduate Journalism Enrollment

	FALL 2023	FALL 2022	FALL 2021	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018	Fall 2017	Fall 2016	Fall 2015	Fall 2014	Fall 2013	Fall 2012
Total	731	772	872	932	1021	1113	1169	1218	1158	1093	982	1001

Undergraduate Student Retention Rates by Cohort Years: First-Time in College Students (Full-Time)

	1 Year		2 Year		3 Year
	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	72%	75%	64%	64%	60%	61%
2008 Cohort	82%	75%	69%	64%	66%	61%
2009 Cohort	79%	78%	64%	65%	61%	60%
2010 Cohort	84%	78%	74%	65%	68%	62%
2011 Cohort	83%	76%	77%	67%	74%	62%
2012 Cohort	81%	75%	78%	66%	74%	62%
2013 Cohort	87%	78%	80%	66%	74%	62%
2014 Cohort	86%	79%	78%	69%	76%	65%
2015 Cohort	80%	80%	71%	69%	69%	66%
2016 Cohort	80%	78%	72%	68%	68%	66%
2017 Cohort	82%	78%	74%	69%	70%	66%
2018 Cohort	81%	79%	77%	71%	76%	66%
2019 Cohort	86%	82%	77%	72%	76%	67%
2020 Cohort	83%	78%	68%	68%	65%	60%
2021 Cohort	74%	78%	67%	64%	N/A	N/A
2022 Cohort	79%	75%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Undergraduate Student Retention Rates by Cohort Years: Full-Time Transfer College Students

	1 Year		2 Year		3 Year
	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	85%	74%	81%	72%	78%	68%
2008 Cohort	71%	77%	74%	71%	68%	68%
2009 Cohort	81%	75%	76%	71%	70%	70%
2010 Cohort	73%	76%	66%	70%	66%	67%
2011 Cohort	82%	76%	74%	70%	66%	68%
2012 Cohort	75%	75%	73%	69%	69%	67%
2013 Cohort	82%	77%	79%	72%	76%	69%
2014 Cohort	74%	75%	73%	70%	67%	67%
2015 Cohort	82%	76%	70%	71%	72%	69%
2016 Cohort	74%	78%	74%	73%	64%	70%
2017 Cohort	81%	78%	77%	73%	77%	72%
2018 Cohort	77%	79%	79%	76%	71%	73%
2019 Cohort	91%	85%	85%	76%	80%	73%
2020 Cohort	84%	81%	77%	74%	68%	69%
2021 Cohort	87%	81%	79%	72%	N/A	N/A
2022 Cohort	85%	80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Undergraduate Graduation Rates: First-Time in College Students, Enrolled Full-Time

	4-Year Grad Rates		5-Year Grad Rates		6-Year Grad Rates
	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	32%	26%	46%	45%	54%	52%
2008 Cohort	40%	27%	57%	45%	59%	52%
2009 Cohort	36%	29%	46%	47%	53%	52%
2010 Cohort	42%	29%	61%	47%	65%	53%
2011 Cohort	44%	30%	61%	49%	66%	55%
2012 Cohort	45%	31%	63%	49%	67%	55%
2013 Cohort	52%	36%	68%	53%	73%	57%
2014 Cohort	58%	38%	69%	54%	70%	58%
2015 Cohort	49%	40%	62%	56%	66%	60%
2016 Cohort	54%	42%	64%	55%	66%	59%
2017 Cohort	48%	43%	60%	56%	62%	60%
2018 Cohort	54%	43%	63%	57%	N/A	N/A
2019 Cohort	51%	45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Undergraduate Graduation Rates: Transfer Students, Enrolled Full-Time

	4-Year Grad Rates		5-Year Grad Rates		6-Year Grad Rates
	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	66%	57%	71%	62%	75%	65%
2008 Cohort	60%	59%	62%	64%	66%	66%
2009 Cohort	58%	59%	63%	65%	65%	68%
2010 Cohort	53%	58%	57%	63%	59%	65%
2011 Cohort	60%	58%	67%	64%	70%	66%
2012 Cohort	61%	58%	65%	63%	66%	66%
2013 Cohort	68%	61%	74%	66%	77%	69%
2014 Cohort	61%	59%	65%	64%	68%	66%
2015 Cohort	63%	61%	69%	66%	71%	68%
2016 Cohort	56%	63%	59%	68%	63%	69%
2017 Cohort	69%	65%	75%	69%	75%	71%
2018 Cohort	62%	66%	67%	70%	N/A	N/A
2019 Cohort	74%	68%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

UNT is one of the largest transfer institutions in the nation. Transfer students are admitted at various classifications based on completed hours.

Graduate Journalism Enrollment: Masters Students

	2022 FALL	2021 Fall	2020 Fall	2019 Fall	2018 Fall	2017 Fall	2016 Fall	2015 Fall	2014 Fall	2013 Fall	2012 Fall
Master of Arts	7	11	17	11	13	14	19	26	24	30	33
Master of Journalism	20	31	39	35	20	15	16	20	31	35	34
Master of Science (Digital Communication Analytics)	16	44	39	29	10	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total	43	86	95	75	43	30	35	46	55	65	67

Graduate Student Retention Rates by Cohort Years

	1 Year		2 Year		3 Year
	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	65%	79%	65%	74%	65%	75%
2008 Cohort	100%	84%	92%	76%	92%	78%
2009 Cohort	86%	79%	73%	75%	77%	76%
2010 Cohort	100%	81%	95%	74%	95%	75%
2011 Cohort	95%	90%	88%	76%	88%	77%
2012 Cohort	93%	83%	87%	74%	93%	76%
2013 Cohort	81%	83%	71%	76%	71%	78%
2014 Cohort	100%	82%	100%	78%	100%	80%
2015 Cohort	100%	82%	81%	78%	88%	83%
2016 Cohort	100%	82%	100%	80%	100%	82%
2017 Cohort	82%	82%	55%	77%	82%	79%
2018 Cohort	83%	84%	67%	79%	75%	81%
2019 Cohort	85%	85%	89%	83%	85%	83%
2020 Cohort	81%	81%	70%	75%	N/A	N/A
2021 Cohort	80%	86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Graduation Rates for Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism

	3-Year Grad Rates
	Mayborn	UNT
2007 Cohort	65%	63%
2008 Cohort	92%	64%
2009 Cohort	73%	66%
2010 Cohort	79%	65%
2011 Cohort	84%	66%
2012 Cohort	80%	65%
2013 Cohort	57%	69%
2014 Cohort	86%	71%
2015 Cohort	88%	74%
2016 Cohort	100%	73%
2017 Cohort	82%	71%
2018 Cohort	67%	75%
2019 Cohort	85%	76%
2020 Cohort	75%	69%