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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
21 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA $43,417 $66,443 $88,628 $64,822
22 Colorado State University - Global Campus CO $58,128 $66,438 $63,214
23 State University of New York at Albany NY $38,804 $65,674 $89,583 $49,753
24 College of Saint Benedict MN $45,392 $65,554 $82,669 $69,664
25 Sacred Heart University CT $37,815 $65,045 $82,669 $56,414
26 Marymount University VA $44,458 $64,996 $87,508 $63,411
27 University of Utah UT $43,188 $64,747 $85,166 $62,557
28 University of Georgia GA $42,699 $64,735 $83,321 $71,530
29 Gustavus Adolphus College MN $46,392 $64,696 $91,987 $68,752
30 University of Wisconsin - Madison WI $39,719 $64,397 $87,316 $67,715
31 Indiana University - Bloomington IN $42,831 $64,284 $84,053 $71,111
32 Arizona State University AZ $44,349 $64,126 $82,179 $60,212
33 CUNY Brooklyn College NY $38,866 $63,800 $70,012 $48,333
34 City College of New York - CUNY NY $41,281 $63,577 $78,158 $48,164
35 University of Oklahoma OK $40,998 $63,382 $81,671 $73,529
36 CUNY Hunter College NY $40,401 $63,323 $80,619 $47,972
37 Wheaton College IL $42,292 $63,134 $78,529 $68,773
38 Furman University SC $42,738 $63,113 $83,306 $66,295
39 Hanover College IN $42,325 $62,818 $69,489
40 University of South Carolina - Columbia SC $39,774 $62,818 $65,985

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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.