4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$51,961
Program median
Program + credential
Journalism.: Master'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.
$50,761
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,207
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
15,820
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 |
| American University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $41,943 | 75.5% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR | Public | $12,366 | 55.4% | Available |
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | Public | $14,940 | 62.3% | Available |
| Baylor University Waco, TX | Private nonprofit | $41,104 | 80% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | Public | $21,279 | 66.5% | Available |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $26,598 | 51.6% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY | Public | $3,033 | 72.1% | Available |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $30,902 | 67.8% | Available |
| Emerson College Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $49,180 | 77.1% | Available |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, FL | Private for-profit | $38,875 | 44.3% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | Available |
| Georgetown University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $40,815 | 94.8% | Available |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Hofstra University Hempstead, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,176 | 68.5% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | Public | $19,406 | 71.1% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO | Private nonprofit | $19,638 | 49.3% | Available |
| Marshall University Huntington, WV | Public | $7,502 | 51.2% | Available |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $20,111 | 96.4% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | Public | $14,985 | 40.9% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $30,915 | 90.5% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $25,942 | 58.5% | Available |
| Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT | Private nonprofit | $40,675 | 75.7% | Available |
| Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | Private nonprofit | $19,923 | 56.9% | Available |
| Roosevelt University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $20,194 | 35.1% | Available |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $49,790 | 67% | Available |
| South Dakota State University Brookings, SD | Public | $19,841 | 62.4% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | Public | $13,297 | 62.4% | Available |
| St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY | Private nonprofit | $27,074 | 66.7% | Available |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | Public | $18,784 | 75.6% | Available |
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $38,793 | 83.6% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | Public | $22,420 | 73.4% | Available |
| The University of Montana Missoula, MT | Public | $16,784 | 48% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR | Private nonprofit | $7,051 | 31.4% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR | Public | $17,248 | 41.7% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | 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 Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL | Public | $9,833 | 53.2% | Available |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $14,355 | 85.1% | Available |
| University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | Public | $22,531 | 74.6% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $15,678 | 88.6% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private nonprofit | $37,244 | 83.7% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Mississippi University, MS | Public | $13,314 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | Public | $20,268 | 74.9% | Available |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | Public | $17,747 | 67% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | Public | $15,927 | 61.2% | Available |
| University of North Texas Denton, TX | Public | $15,649 | 60.7% | Available |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | Public | $15,300 | 75.3% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR | Public | $9,175 | 50.3% | Available |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | Public | $22,811 | 78.8% | Available |
| University of South Florida Tampa, FL | Public | $9,812 | 76.8% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $17,354 | 89.6% | Available |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | $15,634 | 64.7% | Available |