4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$54,473
Program median
Program + credential
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.: Bachelor's Degree
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.
$57,988
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,892
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
1,908
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana College Rock Island, IL | Private nonprofit | $22,736 | 72.9% | Available |
| Benedictine College Atchison, KS | Private nonprofit | $27,891 | 61.6% | Available |
| Benedictine University Lisle, IL | Private nonprofit | $22,313 | 50.3% | Available |
| Bennington College Bennington, VT | Private nonprofit | $30,947 | 71.2% | Available |
| Berry College Mount Berry, GA | Private nonprofit | $22,320 | 69.5% | Available |
| Bob Jones University Greenville, SC | Private nonprofit | $16,641 | 64.8% | Available |
| Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA | Private nonprofit | $18,846 | 61.7% | Available |
| California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA | Private nonprofit | $30,109 | 69.6% | Available |
| Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $20,786 | 59.9% | Available |
| Champlain College Burlington, VT | Private nonprofit | $35,860 | 65.2% | Available |
| Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $27,970 | 48.8% | Available |
| City University of Seattle Seattle, WA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI | Private nonprofit | $36,201 | 68.4% | Available |
| DeSales University Center Valley, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,643 | 72.2% | Available |
| Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA | Private nonprofit | $35,333 | 78.1% | Available |
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $38,509 | 78.2% | Available |
| Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL | Private nonprofit | $24,185 | 70% | Available |
| Fairmont State University Fairmont, WV | Public | $9,032 | 44.3% | Available |
| Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY | Public | $10,867 | 52.8% | Available |
| Flagler College Saint Augustine, FL | Private nonprofit | $30,525 | 56% | Available |
| Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL | Private nonprofit | $35,639 | 63.5% | Available |
| Fordham University Bronx, NY | Private nonprofit | $44,338 | 81.9% | Available |
| Friends University Wichita, KS | Private nonprofit | $27,715 | 43.4% | Available |
| Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | Public | $16,317 | 67% | Available |
| Grand View University Des Moines, IA | Private nonprofit | $21,774 | 54% | Available |
| High Point University High Point, NC | Private nonprofit | $38,707 | 73.7% | Available |
| Howard University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $50,539 | 70% | Available |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $18,425 | 75.2% | Available |
| Immaculata University Immaculata, PA | Private nonprofit | $24,258 | 71% | Available |
| Keystone College La Plume, PA | Private nonprofit | $22,051 | 35.9% | Available |
| Lake Erie College Painesville, OH | Private nonprofit | $20,961 | 38% | Available |
| Le Moyne-Owen College Memphis, TN | Private nonprofit | $7,099 | 27% | Available |
| Madonna University Livonia, MI | Private nonprofit | $17,755 | 60% | Available |
| Malone University Canton, OH | Private nonprofit | $20,948 | 45% | Available |
| Manhattanville University Purchase, NY | Private nonprofit | $20,991 | 58.4% | Available |
| Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | Private nonprofit | $31,487 | 83.2% | Available |
| Merrimack College North Andover, MA | Private nonprofit | $37,927 | 70.1% | Available |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO | Public | $15,327 | 31.5% | Available |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | Public | $14,182 | 68.1% | Available |
| Middle Georgia State University Macon, GA | Public | $12,361 | 25.3% | Available |
| Miles College Fairfield, AL | Private nonprofit | $14,271 | 15.8% | Available |
| Millsaps College Jackson, MS | Private nonprofit | $26,034 | 57.1% | Available |
| Minot State University Minot, ND | Public | $12,703 | 45.1% | Available |
| New England College Henniker, NH | Private nonprofit | $26,972 | 34.5% | Available |
| Newberry College Newberry, SC | Private nonprofit | $21,656 | 45.1% | Available |
| Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA | Public | $15,282 | 38.5% | Available |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | Public | $14,158 | 61.3% | Available |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, OK | Public | $10,104 | 30.4% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK | Private nonprofit | $25,365 | 56.8% | Available |
| Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, TX | Private nonprofit | $16,442 | 46.1% | Available |
| Pace University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $30,892 | 60% | Available |
| Pacific University Forest Grove, OR | Private nonprofit | $35,273 | 67% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA | Public | $24,356 | 31.5% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA | Public | $19,550 | 34.2% | Available |
| Quincy University Quincy, IL | Private nonprofit | $20,359 | 45% | Available |
| Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA | Private nonprofit | $23,003 | 65.7% | Available |
| Roosevelt University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $20,194 | 35.1% | Available |
| Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT | Private nonprofit | $46,174 | 73.5% | Available |
| Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN | Public | $13,529 | 40.3% | Available |
| Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA | Private nonprofit | $30,378 | 70.3% | Available |
| Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ | Private nonprofit | $31,446 | 69.5% | Available |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA | Public | $23,726 | 55.7% | Available |
| Siena Heights University Adrian, MI | Private nonprofit | $17,124 | 38.6% | Available |
| SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY | Public | $11,346 | 33.3% | Available |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY | Public | $14,164 | 55.1% | Available |
| Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN | Public | $14,246 | 57.7% | Available |
| Thiel College Greenville, PA | Private nonprofit | $22,347 | 48.7% | Available |
| Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $16,813 | 53.2% | Available |
| Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $9,302 | 49.3% | Available |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | Private nonprofit | $39,949 | 86.1% | Available |
| Universidad del Sagrado Corazon Santurce, PR | Private nonprofit | $12,924 | 52.1% | Available |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD | Public | $13,868 | 38.2% | Available |
| University of Evansville Evansville, IN | Private nonprofit | $18,499 | 64.5% | Available |
| University of Jamestown Jamestown, ND | Private nonprofit | $19,567 | 49% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI | Public | $9,492 | 58% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN | Public | $18,743 | 64.7% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE | Public | $13,441 | 47.1% | Available |
| University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $29,155 | 76.4% | Available |
| Washington Adventist University Takoma Park, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,526 | 28.7% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| Webster University Saint Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $27,047 | 64.4% | Available |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | $15,634 | 64.7% | Available |
| Western Illinois University Macomb, IL | Public | $12,937 | 45.2% | Available |
| Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT | Private nonprofit | $27,094 | 63.8% | Available |
| Whitworth University Spokane, WA | Private nonprofit | $26,534 | 70.9% | Available |
| Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA | Private nonprofit | $27,743 | 63.2% | Available |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, WI | Private nonprofit | $23,245 | 63.6% | Available |