Master's programs 274
Graduates in 2023-24 4,215
Typical median debt $33,699
Typical earnings 1 yr after $56,465
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $68,334
Earnings to debt 1.7x
Official field: Communication and Media Studies. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 274 $56,465 $33,699 Doctoral 78 $65,002 $138,500
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
$0k $0k $22k $20k $43k $39k $65k $59k $86k $79k debt = 1 year of pay Johns Hopkins University: earnings $82,189, debt $46,630 American University: earnings $72,279, debt $48,292 University of Southern California: earnings $71,664, debt $74,960 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: earnings $68,161, debt $49,937 University of Florida: earnings $66,537, debt $26,788 Washington State University: earnings $81,652, debt $33,699 University of Denver: earnings $54,319, debt $46,734 Purdue University-Main Campus: earnings $76,161, debt $30,644 Queens University of Charlotte: earnings $57,326, debt $41,000 Liberty University: earnings $50,681, debt $27,333 Florida International University: earnings $55,924, debt $38,946 Texas State University: earnings $52,242, debt $39,088 Arizona State University Campus Immersion: earnings $60,425, debt $30,459 Arizona State University Digital Immersion: earnings $60,425, debt $30,459 East Carolina University: earnings $58,180, debt $28,512 Sacred Heart University: earnings $56,616, debt $20,500 California State University-Fullerton: earnings $58,593, debt $27,387 National University: earnings $61,543, debt $20,500 Texas Southern University: earnings $37,191, debt $55,914 Georgia State University: earnings $48,263, debt $41,000 Texas Tech University: earnings $58,166, debt $25,152 Boston University: earnings $46,487, debt $53,327 University of Georgia: earnings $53,137, debt $56,199 Emerson College: earnings $50,774, debt $61,500 West Virginia University: earnings $62,890, debt $49,172 Drake University: earnings $58,440, debt $32,471 Grand Canyon University: earnings $56,948, debt $31,002 Southern Utah University: earnings $56,226, debt $20,500 The University of Alabama: earnings $55,508, debt $20,500 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville: earnings $48,107, debt $27,312 Median federal debt Median earnings 1 year after Master's programs in communication Highest first-year earnings Columbia University in the City of New York $93,048
George Mason University $83,092
Johns Hopkins University $82,189
Washington State University $81,652
Purdue University-Main Campus $76,161
American University $72,279
University of Southern California $71,664
San Diego State University $68,720
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 58 $93,048 $120,003 n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 1 $88,413 $116,101 n/a Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 262 $82,189 $107,409 $46,630 Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA 57 n/a $97,115 $38,918 American University Washington, DC 50 $72,279 $94,424 $48,292 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 248 $71,664 $91,873 $74,960 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 18 $68,161 $88,174 $49,937 Wayne State University Detroit, MI 10 $54,994 $87,918 n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 322 $66,537 $86,823 $26,788 Washington State University Pullman, WA 41 $81,652 $86,450 $33,699 University of Denver Denver, CO 85 $54,319 $86,020 $46,734 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 78 $76,161 $84,920 $30,644 Weber State University Ogden, UT 29 $63,617 $84,841 n/a San Diego State University San Diego, CA 34 $68,720 $84,280 n/a Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT 9 $74,068 $83,871 n/a Regis College Weston, MA 13 n/a $81,615 n/a Lasell University Newton, MA 7 $64,184 $80,449 n/a Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 22 $58,026 $76,959 n/a Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA 26 $49,709 $76,869 n/a Regent University Virginia Beach, VA 13 $47,970 $76,612 n/a Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC 29 $57,326 $76,244 $41,000 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 15 n/a $76,100 n/a Liberty University Lynchburg, VA 56 $50,681 $75,900 $27,333 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 14 $50,432 $74,663 n/a Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 0 n/a $74,479 n/a Florida International University Miami, FL 93 $55,924 $71,218 $38,946 Texas State University San Marcos, TX 18 $52,242 $70,534 $39,088 DePaul University Chicago, IL 13 $51,059 $68,404 n/a Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN 20 $45,952 $68,264 n/a Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 8 $60,425 $68,073 $30,459 Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ 159 $60,425 $68,073 $30,459 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 36 $58,180 $67,749 $28,512 Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT 18 $56,616 $66,974 $20,500 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA 27 $58,593 $66,353 $27,387 Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO 10 n/a $65,942 n/a Webster University Saint Louis, MO 14 $56,486 $65,188 n/a National University San Diego, CA 26 $61,543 $63,474 $20,500 La Salle University Philadelphia, PA 19 $65,362 $63,334 n/a Texas Southern University Houston, TX 19 $37,191 $62,147 $55,914 Illinois State University Normal, IL 25 $51,562 $62,006 n/a East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN 13 n/a $61,720 n/a Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 28 $48,263 $61,655 $41,000 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 104 $58,166 $60,860 $25,152 California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA 18 $55,869 $60,784 n/a Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN 20 $58,108 $60,662 n/a Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NM 18 n/a $60,246 n/a California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 22 $41,984 $60,235 n/a University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 10 $50,574 $59,861 n/a Boston University Boston, MA 20 $46,487 $59,519 $53,327 University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 8 n/a $58,397 n/a Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO 15 $49,706 $55,039 n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 14 n/a $54,662 n/a Walden University Minneapolis, MN 0 $62,139 $54,533 n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 21 $53,137 $53,410 $56,199 Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX 6 n/a $50,666 n/a Emerson College Boston, MA 24 $50,774 $46,040 $61,500 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 21 $83,092 n/a n/a University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 26 $67,426 n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 28 $62,890 n/a $49,172 Murray State University Murray, KY 19 $58,542 n/a n/a Drake University Des Moines, IA 18 $58,440 n/a $32,471 Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX 8 $58,054 n/a n/a Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ 112 $56,948 n/a $31,002 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH 17 $56,465 n/a n/a Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT 35 $56,226 n/a $20,500 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK 16 $55,511 n/a n/a The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 61 $55,508 n/a $20,500 Clark University Worcester, MA 20 $53,414 n/a n/a The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX 14 $48,113 n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 103 $48,107 n/a $27,312 Ball State University Muncie, IN 11 $47,870 n/a n/a Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 24 $47,761 n/a n/a Pace University New York, NY 24 $47,131 n/a n/a South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 11 $45,076 n/a n/a University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 14 $43,942 n/a n/a The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 15 $42,707 n/a n/a California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA 10 $41,074 n/a n/a Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX 2 n/a n/a n/a Alabama A & M University Normal, AL 11 n/a n/a n/a Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI 0 n/a n/a n/a Angelo State University San Angelo, TX 4 n/a n/a n/a Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR 22 n/a n/a n/a Asbury University Wilmore, KY 2 n/a n/a n/a Auburn University Auburn, AL 13 n/a n/a n/a Baylor University Waco, TX 10 n/a n/a n/a Bellarmine University Louisville, KY 2 n/a n/a n/a Bob Jones University Greenville, SC 4 n/a n/a n/a Boise State University Boise, ID 0 n/a n/a n/a Brenau University Gainesville, GA 4 n/a n/a n/a Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA 5 n/a n/a n/a Brigham Young University Provo, UT 12 n/a n/a n/a Brown University Providence, RI 6 n/a n/a n/a Bryant University Smithfield, RI 1 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Queens College Queens, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Chico Chico, CA 3 n/a n/a n/a California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA 3 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA 15 n/a n/a n/a Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 7 n/a n/a n/a Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA 2 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 11 n/a n/a n/a Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 4 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 5 n/a n/a n/a Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL 1 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX 8 n/a n/a n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 7 n/a n/a n/a Drury University Springfield, MO 12 n/a n/a n/a Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 6 n/a n/a n/a Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 5 n/a n/a n/a Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA 0 n/a n/a n/a Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 3 n/a n/a n/a Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA 8 n/a n/a n/a Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 12 n/a n/a n/a Fort Hays State University Hays, KS 0 n/a n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 3 n/a n/a n/a Governors State University University Park, IL 2 n/a n/a n/a Grambling State University Grambling, LA 0 n/a n/a n/a Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu, HI 1 n/a n/a n/a High Point University High Point, NC 0 n/a n/a n/a Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 8 n/a n/a n/a Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 5 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 3 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 6 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN 4 n/a n/a n/a Jackson State University Jackson, MS 0 n/a n/a n/a James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 16 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 4 n/a n/a n/a Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA 2 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 4 n/a n/a n/a Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 16 n/a n/a n/a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 0 n/a n/a n/a Merrimack College North Andover, MA 28 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 6 n/a n/a n/a Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 9 n/a n/a n/a Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 10 n/a n/a n/a Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 8 n/a n/a n/a Morehead State University Morehead, KY 10 n/a n/a n/a New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM 16 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 5 n/a n/a n/a Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL 6 n/a n/a n/a Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK 1 n/a n/a n/a Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 26 n/a n/a n/a Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL 11 n/a n/a n/a Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 6 n/a n/a n/a Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD 5 n/a n/a n/a Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI 6 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 8 n/a n/a n/a Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH 18 n/a n/a n/a Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 10 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 5 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA 2 n/a n/a n/a Pepperdine University Malibu, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS 6 n/a n/a n/a Portland State University Portland, OR 5 n/a n/a n/a Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 5 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN 7 n/a n/a n/a Radford University Radford, VA 14 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 0 n/a n/a n/a Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME 1 n/a n/a n/a Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 9 n/a n/a n/a Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 11 n/a n/a n/a San Jose State University San Jose, CA 29 n/a n/a n/a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 16 n/a n/a n/a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL 12 n/a n/a n/a Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY 7 n/a n/a n/a Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD 13 n/a n/a n/a Stonehill College Easton, MA 3 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 11 n/a n/a n/a Temple University Philadelphia, PA 5 n/a n/a n/a Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 3 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 3 n/a n/a n/a The University of Findlay Findlay, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a The University of Montana Missoula, MT 9 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 10 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 7 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX 2 n/a n/a n/a University at Albany Albany, NY 10 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 12 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 5 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Dayton Dayton, OH 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Dubuque Dubuque, IA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Houston Houston, TX 22 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisville Louisville, KY 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 5 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 7 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 5 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 4 n/a n/a n/a University of North Texas Denton, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Oregon Eugene, OR 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Portland Portland, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 7 n/a n/a n/a University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 7 n/a n/a n/a University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 3 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of West Alabama Livingston, AL 19 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 11 n/a n/a n/a University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX 11 n/a n/a n/a University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 5 n/a n/a n/a University of the Southwest Hobbs, NM 1 n/a n/a n/a Utah State University Logan, UT 7 n/a n/a n/a Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 11 n/a n/a n/a Villanova University Villanova, PA 7 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 12 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 9 n/a n/a n/a Walla Walla University College Place, WA 3 n/a n/a n/a West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia State University Institute, WV 2 n/a n/a n/a Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 4 n/a n/a n/a Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 7 n/a n/a n/a Western New England University Springfield, MA 0 n/a n/a n/a Wichita State University Wichita, KS 11 n/a n/a n/a Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 9 n/a n/a n/a
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 11 n/a $82,068 n/a Regent University Virginia Beach, VA 20 $65,002 $81,331 $138,500 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 4 n/a $76,868 n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 19 n/a $75,616 n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 25 n/a $69,654 n/a American University Washington, DC 3 n/a n/a n/a Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH 6 n/a n/a n/a Brown University Providence, RI 1 n/a n/a n/a Chapman University Orange, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 9 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 2 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2 n/a n/a n/a Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 4 n/a n/a n/a Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 3 n/a n/a n/a Howard University Washington, DC 5 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA 1 n/a n/a n/a Liberty University Lynchburg, VA 22 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA 10 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 8 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 7 n/a n/a n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 9 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 10 n/a n/a n/a Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH 5 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 9 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL 8 n/a n/a n/a St. John's University-New York Queens, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 2 n/a n/a n/a Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Temple University Philadelphia, PA 8 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 9 n/a n/a n/a Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 9 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 6 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 9 n/a n/a n/a University at Albany Albany, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 5 n/a n/a n/a University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 23 n/a n/a n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 17 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 6 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 9 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Oregon Eugene, OR 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 8 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 6 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 0 n/a n/a n/a Washington State University Pullman, WA 4 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 10 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 3 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do communication graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $56,465 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
How much debt do communication graduate students take on? The typical program's graduates who borrowed left with a median of $33,699 in federal loans taken at that school. Undergraduate loans are not included.
Undergraduate: Communication major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .