4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$52,134
Program median
Program + credential
Communication and Media Studies.: Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$51,861
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,035
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
64,253
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA | Private for-profit | $40,613 | 34.3% | Available |
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA | Public | $5,383 | 26.3% | Available |
| Allen County Community College Iola, KS | Public | $8,642 | 37.4% | Available |
| Alvin Community College Alvin, TX | Public | $8,525 | 24% | Available |
| Angelo State University San Angelo, TX | Public | $15,091 | 44% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ | Public | $8,983 | 20.2% | Available |
| Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR | Public | $12,366 | 55.4% | Available |
| Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR | Public | $12,970 | 48.6% | Available |
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA | Public | $14,621 | 20.7% | Available |
| Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD | Public | $15,911 | 42.6% | Available |
| Boise State University Boise, ID | Public | $21,610 | 60.2% | Available |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA | Public | $7,818 | 13.2% | Available |
| Cabrillo College Aptos, CA | Public | $15,843 | 38% | Available |
| Caldwell University Caldwell, NJ | Private nonprofit | $24,691 | 57.5% | Available |
| Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ | Public | $4,714 | 27.1% | Available |
| Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM | Public | $4,621 | 31.2% | Available |
| Century College White Bear Lake, MN | Public | $10,906 | 31.2% | Available |
| Cerritos College Norwalk, CA | Public | $2,424 | 30.5% | Available |
| Chabot College Hayward, CA | Public | $9,053 | 46.9% | Available |
| Clovis Community College Fresno, CA | Public | $4,590 | 45% | Available |
| College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA | Public | $536 | 60.8% | Available |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA | Public | $480 | 39% | Available |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX | Public | $8,969 | 20.3% | Available |
| Colorado Christian University Lakewood, CO | Private nonprofit | $29,500 | 64.4% | Available |
| Columbus State University Columbus, GA | Public | $13,115 | 41.8% | Available |
| Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI | Public | $6,513 | 26.2% | Available |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA | Public | $5,981 | 39.8% | Available |
| Creighton University Omaha, NE | Private nonprofit | $31,568 | 83.4% | Available |
| Cypress College Cypress, CA | Public | $4,606 | 37.3% | Available |
| Davidson College Davidson, NC | Private nonprofit | $17,379 | 91.1% | Available |
| De Anza College Cupertino, CA | Public | $6,642 | 67.7% | Available |
| Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA | Public | $8,312 | 49.1% | Available |
| East Central University Ada, OK | Public | $8,683 | 34.4% | Available |
| East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS | Public | $4,608 | 47.7% | Available |
| Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY | Public | $11,040 | 50% | Available |
| Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA | Public | $13,886 | 43.5% | Available |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance, CA | Public | $5,968 | 41.8% | Available |
| Ensign College Salt Lake City, UT | Private nonprofit | $10,824 | 43.3% | Available |
| Evergreen Valley College San Jose, CA | Public | $12,414 | 40.6% | Available |
| Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | Public | $8,624 | 46.9% | Available |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | Public | $11,297 | 85.6% | Available |
| Folsom Lake College Folsom, CA | Public | $5,975 | 44.1% | Available |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA | Public | $7,653 | 56.4% | Available |
| Fresno City College Fresno, CA | Public | $8,069 | 23.5% | Available |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, FL | Private for-profit | $38,875 | 44.3% | Available |
| Fullerton College Fullerton, CA | Public | $6,134 | 33.8% | Available |
| Gavilan College Gilroy, CA | Public | $6,542 | 42.5% | Available |
| Glendale Community College Glendale, CA | Public | $8,365 | 37.4% | Available |
| Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | Public | $16,317 | 67% | Available |
| Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR | Public | $23,405 | 37.3% | Available |
| Howard Community College Columbia, MD | Public | $11,133 | 24% | Available |
| Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | Public | $10,873 | 42.9% | Available |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN | Private nonprofit | $16,898 | 35% | Available |
| Johnson & Wales University-Online Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $20,252 | 0% | Available |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA | Public | $21,331 | 53.8% | Available |
| Lorain County Community College Elyria, OH | Public | $3,967 | 30.9% | Available |
| Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA | Public | $12,152 | 32.1% | Available |
| Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | Public | $11,864 | 63.8% | Available |
| Macomb Community College Warren, MI | Public | $1,618 | 18% | Available |
| Madera Community College Madera, CA | Public | $4,179 | 34.6% | Available |
| Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE | Public | $4,982 | 29.3% | Available |
| Mission College Santa Clara, CA | Public | $5,080 | 39.2% | Available |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA | Public | $2,818 | 29.6% | Available |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA | Public | $11,373 | 39.7% | Available |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA | Public | $6,490 | 44.7% | Available |
| Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,905 | 82.2% | Available |
| New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Las Cruces, NM | Public | $6,048 | 19.4% | Available |
| NHTI-Concord's Community College Concord, NH | Public | $18,011 | 29.3% | Available |
| North Central Michigan College Petoskey, MI | Public | $10,083 | 29.4% | Available |
| North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene, ID | Public | $10,575 | 37.5% | Available |
| Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI | Public | $10,303 | 45.4% | Available |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | Public | $14,158 | 61.3% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI | Public | $5,777 | 20.7% | Available |
| Oakton College Des Plaines, IL | Public | $5,183 | 37% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Ohlone College Fremont, CA | Public | $11,130 | 51.7% | Available |
| Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH | Public | $10,369 | 35.1% | Available |
| Porterville College Porterville, CA | Public | $12,301 | 33.8% | Available |
| Prince George's Community College Largo, MD | Public | $8,672 | 18.4% | Available |
| Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN | Public | $6,079 | 42.9% | Available |
| Reedley College Reedley, CA | Public | $6,814 | 42% | Available |
| Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | Private nonprofit | $19,923 | 56.9% | Available |
| Regis University Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $18,397 | 61% | Available |
| Richard Bland College South Prince George, VA | Public | $13,045 | 9.1% | Available |
| Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ | Private nonprofit | $24,792 | 61.3% | Available |
| Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA | Public | $14,379 | 24.5% | Available |
| Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester, MN | Public | $14,435 | 28.9% | Available |
| Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA | Public | $6,614 | 33.5% | Available |
| Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN | Public | $13,529 | 40.3% | Available |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX | Public | $16,404 | 54.8% | Available |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA | Public | $5,814 | 34.8% | Available |
| San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA | Public | $3,337 | 48.5% | Available |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA | Public | $2,407 | 34.5% | Available |
| San Jose City College San Jose, CA | Public | $16,959 | 34.1% | Available |
| Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA | Public | $3,133 | 30.9% | Available |
| Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, CA | Public | $11,315 | 33.6% | Available |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH | Public | $5,992 | 41.1% | Available |
| Snow College Ephraim, UT | Public | $5,552 | 45.8% | Available |
| Southeast Arkansas College Pine Bluff, AR | Public | $19,038 | 28.2% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT | Public | $10,462 | 60.7% | Available |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX | Public | $4,337 | 34.3% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX | Public | $21,315 | 83.9% | Available |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | Public | $19,070 | 68.7% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | Public | $13,951 | 54% | Available |
| Thomas Edison State University Trenton, NJ | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey Cranford, NJ | Public | $8,257 | 35.4% | Available |
| Umpqua Community College Roseburg, OR | Public | $8,340 | 31.1% | Available |
| Union Commonwealth University Barbourville, KY | Private nonprofit | $21,311 | 32.1% | Available |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | $20,995 | 75.2% | Available |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH | Public | $13,946 | 51.9% | Available |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | Public | $25,648 | 75% | Available |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | Public | $25,346 | 74.2% | Available |
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $6,541 | 91.1% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | Public | $16,467 | 70% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI | Public | $9,492 | 58% | Available |
| University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO | Public | $15,071 | 56.6% | Available |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | Public | $18,551 | 60.5% | Available |
| University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ | Private for-profit | $13,520 | 20.8% | Available |
| University of Pikeville Pikeville, KY | Private nonprofit | $20,311 | 41.7% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | Available |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | Public | $19,858 | 59.9% | Available |
| University of West Florida Pensacola, FL | Public | $9,364 | 58.8% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI | Public | $16,550 | 63.8% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI | Public | $14,305 | 46.1% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI | Public | $11,772 | 40.4% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI | Public | $17,490 | 54.9% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI | Public | $14,158 | 58.9% | Available |
| Utah Tech University Saint George, UT | Public | $16,039 | 38.4% | Available |
| Walla Walla University College Place, WA | Private nonprofit | $23,329 | 59.9% | Available |
| Warren County Community College Washington, NJ | Public | $5,726 | 38.9% | Available |
| Wayne State College Wayne, NE | Public | $15,360 | 52.2% | Available |
| West Valley College Saratoga, CA | Public | $3,423 | 50.7% | Available |
| Western New England University Springfield, MA | Private nonprofit | $27,290 | 64% | Available |