Program Payoff

Journalism programs in Texas

12 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Texas

Editors in Texas earn a median of $45,950 a year across 6,460 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Texas
Photographers$41,2804,330
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$77,0502,880
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$48,4702,670
Writers and Authors$69,9902,320
Film and Video Editors$61,2201,040

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Angelina College Lufkin Associate's degree not published 0
Austin Community College District Austin Associate's degree not published 22
Central Texas College Killeen Associate's degree not published 1
Del Mar College Corpus Christi Associate's degree not published 1
El Paso Community College El Paso Associate's degree not published 11
Paris Junior College Paris Associate's degree not published 0
San Antonio College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
South Plains College Levelland Associate's degree not published 0
Texarkana College Texarkana Associate's degree not published 4
Trinity Valley Community College Athens Associate's degree not published
Tyler Junior College Tyler Associate's degree not published 8
Western Texas College Snyder Associate's degree not published

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.