CONSERVATIVE, HISPANIC NEWS CHANNELS HAVE LEAST EDUCATED VIEWERS

Published Aug 19, 2025 at 12:7 PM EDT

Univision and Telemundo have lowest percentages of college graduates in their audiences

WASHINGTON, D.C. - According to a recent Pew Research Center survey of 9,482 adults in the United States, Univision and Telemundo – the two major Spanish-language TV networks included in the survey – have the lowest percentages of college graduates in their audiences at 15% and 16%, respectively.

Most Americans who regularly get news from these outlets are Hispanic, and Hispanic adults in the United States are less likely to have a college degree than U.S. adults overall (20% vs. 36%).

About three-in-ten U.S. adults who regularly get news from NBC News (32%), ABC News (31%) and CBS News (30%) are college graduates. This is just below the national level of U.S. adults with bachelor’s degrees.

CNN’s audience has a similar percentage of college graduates (38%) as U.S. adults overall, while Fox News has a somewhat lower share (27%).

News sources with predominantly Republican audiences – including the Tucker Carlson Network, Newsmax and The Joe Rogan Experience – have similar shares of regular news consumers who are college graduates as Fox News.

According to the survey, which was conducted in March, Republican voters are generally less likely than Democratic voters to have a college degree, but Republicans who regularly get news from The Wall Street Journal are much more likely to have a college degree than Republicans who regularly get news from CBS News.

By contrast, more than half of adults who regularly get news from The Atlantic, Axios, NPR, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Politico and the Associated Press had at least a Bachelor's degree.

No African-American news outlets were included in the survey.