4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$52,134
Program median
Program + credential
Communication and Media Studies.: Graduate/Professional Certificate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State University Boone, NC | Public | $16,836 | 74.5% | Available |
| Auburn University Auburn, AL | Public | $24,323 | 82% | Available |
| Bob Jones University Greenville, SC | Private nonprofit | $16,641 | 64.8% | Available |
| Bryant University Smithfield, RI | Private nonprofit | $41,219 | 79.8% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX | Private nonprofit | $28,516 | 57% | Available |
| East Carolina University Greenville, NC | Public | $15,739 | 62.6% | Available |
| Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL | Public | $12,786 | 47.4% | Available |
| Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | Public | $14,262 | 55.1% | Available |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | Public | $8,752 | 62.6% | Available |
| Florida International University Miami, FL | Public | $9,288 | 74.4% | Available |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ | Private for-profit | $22,472 | 43.5% | Available |
| Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | Public | $10,873 | 42.9% | Available |
| Indiana University-East Richmond, IN | Public | $8,134 | 39.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | Public | $11,668 | 54.5% | Available |
| Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN | Public | $3,968 | 45.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN | Public | $5,130 | 37.4% | Available |
| Iona University New Rochelle, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,188 | 56% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Lasell University Newton, MA | Private nonprofit | $27,511 | 58.6% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO | Private nonprofit | $19,638 | 49.3% | Available |
| Lynn University Boca Raton, FL | Private nonprofit | $44,089 | 52.1% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN | Public | $19,139 | 54% | Available |
| Murray State University Murray, KY | Public | $9,096 | 61.3% | Available |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | Public | $16,504 | 72.8% | Available |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $30,915 | 90.5% | Available |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | Public | $14,158 | 61.3% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI | Public | $9,120 | 57.6% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | Public | $17,447 | 68.2% | Available |
| Pennsylvania Western University California, PA | Public | $18,256 | 51.9% | Available |
| Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS | Public | $15,784 | 56.6% | Available |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | Public | $14,600 | 83.1% | 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 Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | Public | $12,278 | 50.4% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | Public | $14,889 | 57% | Available |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | Public | $18,784 | 75.6% | Available |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY | Public | $18,952 | 66.3% | Available |
| Texas State University San Marcos, TX | Public | $16,805 | 55.3% | Available |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | Public | $19,070 | 68.7% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | $17,167 | 61.5% | Available |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH | Public | $13,946 | 51.9% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | Public | $17,890 | 75.1% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | 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 Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO | Public | $15,071 | 56.6% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Private nonprofit | $41,431 | 70.1% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN | Public | $12,923 | 48.2% | Available |
| University of Toledo Toledo, OH | Public | $17,249 | 57% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | Public | $15,014 | 49.3% | Available |
| Valley City State University Valley City, ND | Public | $11,890 | 53.3% | Available |
| Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private nonprofit | $43,756 | 91.9% | Available |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | Public | $23,433 | 63.2% | Available |
| Walden University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $33,817 | Not available | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | Public | $17,237 | 47.1% | Available |
| Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT | Private nonprofit | $27,094 | 63.8% | Available |
| Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH | Public | $12,767 | 50.5% | Available |