University of North Texas Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Degrees offered

The Mayborn School offers a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with five concentrations (Broadcast, Digital and Print, Photojournalism, Public Relations, and Sports Media), a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and Brand Communications, and MA, MJ, and Ph.D. degrees, along with an online Master of Science in Digital Communication Analytics.

Programs and emphasis

The school is one of only 17 NBCU Academy university partners and hosts the Scripps Howard Foundation Emerging Journalists program. Half of its students concentrate in public relations or advertising rather than traditional reporting tracks.

History

Journalism instruction at UNT dates to the mid-1940s. The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, along with the affiliated Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, was established in 1999 with a gift from Frank W. Mayborn, longtime owner and publisher of the Temple Daily Telegram, Killeen Daily Herald, and KCEN-TV, who died in 1987; his wife, Sue Mayborn, continued the family's support of the school. In 2023, a proposed restructuring within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences considered converting the school to a department, though as of 2026 it continues to operate as the Mayborn School of Journalism.

Key faculty and leadership

James Mueller: Dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism, previously the school's associate dean.
Andrea Miller: Former dean (2019-2024), who left to become dean of the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Location and contact info

Address
Sycamore Hall 206
University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311460
Denton, TX 76203
Phone
(940) 565-2205
Email
journalism@unt.edu
Website
https://journalism.unt.edu