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Best Colleges for Communication and Media Studies

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 276 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 CUNY Graduate School & University Center NY $67,525 $80,595 $90,114 $61,057
2 Fairfield University CT $52,588 $79,787 $69,199
3 University of Texas at Austin TX $52,951 $78,128 $107,011 $84,830
4 University of Michigan MI $48,646 $77,750 $105,886 $84,973
5 University of Connecticut CT $44,763 $74,785 $91,787 $64,861
6 Bryant University RI $48,798 $73,245 $107,201 $65,107
7 University of Massachusetts - Amherst MA $44,112 $71,101 $90,194 $47,976
8 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $44,314 $70,075 $98,724 $76,334
9 Texas A&M University TX $44,367 $70,072 $91,271 $76,083
10 Utah Valley University UT $44,459 $69,615 $89,687 $67,261
11 University of Arizona (The) AZ $45,196 $69,303 $93,002 $65,073
12 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College NY $38,478 $69,154 $52,389
13 James Madison University VA $44,678 $68,505 $88,789 $66,834
14 Saint John's University MN $45,281 $67,226 $90,230 $71,441
15 University of Colorado Boulder CO $42,132 $67,162 $86,957 $63,903
16 Texas Tech University TX $40,078 $67,110 $72,866
17 University of Massachusetts at Boston MA $48,829 $66,946 $86,367 $45,173
18 Miami University OH $41,887 $66,886 $86,528 $74,235
19 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC $43,832 $66,714 $89,367 $68,215
20 Quinnipiac University CT $41,810 $66,514 $86,027 $57,688

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.