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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
41 University of Alabama AL $40,853 $62,776 $72,224 $71,175
42 University of Iowa IA $41,388 $62,759 $81,246 $70,358
43 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $39,818 $62,669 $80,101 $63,883
44 University of Houston - Downtown TX $44,617 $62,623 $76,595 $67,995
45 University of Houston TX $43,298 $62,528 $72,156 $67,891
46 Metropolitan State University MN $48,087 $62,349 $73,728 $66,258
47 Purdue University IN $40,585 $62,246 $81,252 $68,856
48 University of Hartford CT $38,806 $62,075 $87,471 $53,838
49 Radford University VA $39,783 $61,994 $77,093 $60,482
50 Fitchburg State University MA $44,043 $61,879 $71,728 $41,754
51 State University of New York at Buffalo NY $40,983 $61,394 $80,928 $46,511
52 SUNY Cortland NY $37,717 $61,332 $79,855 $46,464
53 Christopher Newport University VA $40,570 $61,241 $75,158 $59,747
54 CUNY Queens College NY $38,788 $61,202 $79,340 $46,365
55 University of Missouri - Columbia MO $39,609 $61,040 $85,664 $68,430
56 University of Houston - Victoria TX $44,692 $61,003 $63,451 $66,236
57 University of Northwestern- St Paul MN $43,047 $61,003 $72,585 $64,828
58 Oregon State University OR $38,302 $60,945 $79,471 $53,320
59 St. Catherine University MN $46,994 $60,769 $79,100 $64,579
60 Ohio State University (The) OH $40,682 $60,713 $79,259 $67,384

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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.