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Bachelor's · Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Journalism (Bachelor's): earnings by school

196 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$41,407
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$54,410
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$20,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 188 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $49,625 and $59,925. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Lehigh University PA$65,957$81,935$23,250
George Washington University DC$53,658$81,927$19,875
Northwestern University IL—$80,258—
University of Southern California CA$51,919$79,776$15,500
Chapman University CA$40,408$79,135$19,500
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$52,252$75,967$18,351
Northeastern University MA$45,499$74,709$18,750
Fordham University NY$49,599$72,475$25,750
University of Miami FL$50,500$71,466$15,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$38,051$70,829$15,250
Syracuse University NY$50,132$70,404$22,572
Elon University NC$46,855$69,964$23,149
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$49,014$69,016$18,500
University of Maryland-College Park MD$53,114$68,128$17,337
Creighton University NE$46,214$67,808—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$44,423$67,539$15,750
The College of New Jersey NJ$49,535$67,038—
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$48,498$66,799$17,095
American University DC$50,406$66,635$20,500
University of Arkansas AR$46,526$66,087$21,500
Boston University MA$46,107$65,617$15,500
Stony Brook University NY$39,896$65,535$21,500
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$47,643$64,224$18,375
Baylor University TX$49,805$63,622$19,374
California State University-Chico CA$45,400$63,358$19,800
Emerson College MA$43,207$63,337$23,250
Marquette University WI$40,633$63,322$21,250
Drake University IA$45,650$62,969$24,125
Gonzaga University WA$39,169$62,743—
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$41,980$62,670$19,000
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$41,980$62,670$19,000
University of Kansas KS$46,649$62,394$19,500
Long Island University NY—$62,355—
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$44,298$62,336$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA$44,298$62,336$25,000
Quinnipiac University CT$41,991$61,819$20,500
Utah State University UT$39,944$61,724$14,750
DePaul University IL$41,796$61,708$21,004
Hampton University VA$41,127$61,675$20,149
Hofstra University NY$50,536$61,609$24,750
Ithaca College NY$43,230$61,317$23,750
The University of Texas at Austin TX$41,557$61,145$20,964
Miami University-Oxford OH—$60,974$18,851
University of Central Florida FL$42,129$60,887$16,750
University of Georgia GA$45,140$60,729$18,750
CUNY Brooklyn College NY$35,021$60,272—
Biola University CA$40,729$59,925—
University of Connecticut CT$44,185$59,604$20,628
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$44,185$59,604$20,628
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$44,185$59,604$20,628
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$44,185$59,604$20,628
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$44,185$59,604$20,628
Michigan State University MI$41,025$59,498$18,500
University at Albany NY$31,397$59,495$15,000
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$44,037$59,276$20,598
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$46,204$59,151$17,000
St. John's University-New York NY$38,546$59,067$19,500
California Baptist University CA—$58,821—
St Bonaventure University NY$46,001$58,816—
Pepperdine University CA—$58,801—
Washington State University WA$40,930$58,795$20,107
Texas Christian University TX$45,174$58,738$25,000
West Virginia University WV$41,407$58,454$20,500
University of Florida FL$45,204$58,150$13,875
University of Florida-Online FL$45,204$58,150$13,875
Texas State University TX$36,456$57,963$19,500
Northern Arizona University AZ$38,072$57,868$15,500
Georgia College & State University GA$44,167$57,843$21,500
Western Washington University WA$36,924$57,697$16,468
University of Northern Colorado CO$44,298$57,603$21,600
University of California-Irvine CA$35,149$57,492$10,428
University of North Texas TX$44,594$57,461$17,750
Loyola University Chicago IL$43,348$57,407$23,000
University of Alaska Anchorage AK—$57,321—
San Francisco State University CA$40,270$57,260$13,467
Suffolk University MA$45,552$57,220$26,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO$46,262$57,079$15,000
Central Connecticut State University CT$36,563$56,990—
University of Iowa IA$45,377$56,933$19,000
Kansas State University KS$44,562$56,418$20,155
University of Mississippi MS$41,528$56,381$21,000
University of Arizona AZ$41,424$55,676$15,250
Illinois State University IL$39,538$55,641$25,000
University of Oregon OR$35,989$55,615$18,500
California State University-Long Beach CA$36,358$55,192$15,000
The University of Alabama AL$43,149$55,043$23,250
Georgia State University GA$38,581$54,732$24,774
University of Maine ME—$54,717—
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY$39,222$54,425—
Georgia Southern University GA$36,366$54,396$21,500
Kennesaw State University GA$39,409$54,360$22,081
University of Nevada-Reno NV$43,830$54,322$14,500
Wayne State University MI$37,063$54,188$22,250
Duquesne University PA—$54,081—
Eastern Illinois University IL—$54,038$20,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$45,681$54,031$19,896
San Diego State University CA$43,326$53,997$15,333
CUNY York College NY—$53,901—
Widener University PA—$53,724—
Iowa State University IA$43,049$53,633$18,855
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$41,162$53,618$23,329
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University NJ$30,752$53,579$20,000
Montclair State University NJ$30,752$53,579$20,000
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$43,081$53,528$19,250
Temple University PA$42,208$53,518$26,000
California State University-Northridge CA$41,557$53,351$15,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$39,037$53,294$20,500
Texas Tech University TX—$53,206$22,000
University of Houston TX$45,054$53,195$17,625
Mercer University GA—$53,182—
California State University-Sacramento CA$41,059$53,145$14,478
SUNY at Purchase College NY$35,518$52,859$20,000
University of Kentucky KY$40,731$52,785$19,500
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$47,155$52,760—
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$42,605$52,663$17,500
Seton Hall University NJ$52,380——
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$35,962$52,292$26,000
University of Rhode Island RI$43,008$52,115$18,250
Southern Methodist University TX$52,095—$23,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$35,930$52,011$20,500
Liberty University VA$38,096$51,940—
University of Nebraska at Kearney NE$44,875$51,659—
Columbia College Chicago IL$40,991$51,639$25,562
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$42,817$51,280$13,000
University of Central Oklahoma OK$37,918$51,042$18,500
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater WI$41,871$50,970$22,100
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL$42,515$50,832$19,000
State University of New York at Oswego NY—$50,813—
Southern Connecticut State University CT$37,318$50,760—
Morgan State University MD$32,551$50,700$25,405
Northern Illinois University IL$37,867$50,658$21,500
Samford University AL$41,177$50,652$21,500
Brigham Young University UT$49,237$50,338$14,250
SUNY Brockport NY$37,183$50,073$19,125
Middle Tennessee State University TN$40,785$49,932$19,500
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$34,541$49,880$18,333
Kent State University at Kent OH$39,479$49,842$21,500
Indiana University of Pennsylvania PA$32,995$49,625—
Ball State University IN$41,202$49,456$18,962
University of Memphis TN$35,966$49,445$21,798
CUNY Lehman College NY$25,423$49,025—
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh WI$41,344$48,935—
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$39,279$48,803$20,000
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$38,393$48,331$19,750
Appalachian State University NC$37,849$48,243$14,000
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WI—$48,173$19,500
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$37,774$48,113$21,302
Rowan University NJ$30,924$48,057$17,509
University of West Georgia GA$37,213$47,891$22,914
Central Michigan University MI$32,394$47,775$26,500
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA$40,436$47,760$25,000
Western Kentucky University KY$39,993$47,661$21,393
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$38,795$47,460$14,000
University of Scranton PA—$47,302—
Flagler College FL$35,851$46,971$25,592
Oakland University MI$36,464$46,680—
Northeastern State University OK—$46,506—
North Greenville University SC$34,376$46,502—
The University of Montana MT$34,529$46,267$14,600
Loyola University New Orleans LA$45,960—$19,698
Point Park University PA—$45,859—
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$36,410$45,765$14,000
Radford University VA$35,517$45,369$23,375
University of Idaho ID—$45,288—
Pennsylvania Western University PA—$45,264—
Eastern Michigan University MI$36,603$45,245—
Texas Southern University TX$30,938$45,152$27,000
Northern Kentucky University KY$39,539$44,834$24,487
Auburn University AL$36,719$44,704$19,000
The University of Arizona Global Campus AZ$39,289$44,589$33,572
Loyola Marymount University CA$44,504—$17,375
Marshall University WV$34,758$44,277—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$43,370—$19,836
University of Central Arkansas AR$43,337$43,189$19,875
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN—$42,478—
Kentucky State University KY$31,341$42,363—
Rust College MS—$41,398—
University of Southern Mississippi MS$37,563$41,293$16,462
Louisiana Tech University LA$33,482$41,220$18,202
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff AR—$40,515—
State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY$39,448$40,034$22,375
Savannah State University GA$29,659$39,677$26,000
Missouri State University-Springfield MO$39,660——
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA$29,210$39,178$15,179
Arkansas Tech University AR$37,520$39,173—
University of Wyoming WY—$38,934—
California State University-Dominguez Hills CA$38,121——
Central State University OH—$36,311—
State University of New York at New Paltz NY$33,057——
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR—$32,524—
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon PR—$29,511$8,000