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Master's · Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Journalism (Master's): earnings by school

31 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$58,724
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$72,760
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$32,986
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 22 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $62,512 and $82,191. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Georgetown University DC—$90,356—
George Washington University DC—$89,072—
University of Iowa IA$65,566$84,165—
Kent State University at Kent OH$66,756$83,464—
Boston University MA$53,780$82,549$41,000
St Bonaventure University NY$71,120$82,191—
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$61,586$78,880$61,500
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$59,096$77,057$21,662
University of Southern California CA$52,231$76,630$45,476
University of Kansas KS$74,988——
Hofstra University NY—$74,266—
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$63,102$73,130—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$55,275$72,390$32,986
University of Georgia GA$64,036$70,926$20,617
Northwestern University IL$61,000$70,715—
University of South Florida FL—$69,612—
American University DC$61,469$67,819—
New York University NY$66,213—$92,897
Syracuse University NY$52,419$62,512$48,480
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$60,626—$20,500
University of Memphis TN$58,351——
University of Maryland-College Park MD$56,908—$30,634
Full Sail University FL$43,296$53,227$41,000
University of North Texas TX$53,015——
DePaul University IL$47,931$51,338—
Quinnipiac University CT$51,088—$22,750
Regent University VA—$49,772—
University of Illinois Springfield IL—$49,368—
The University of Alabama AL$48,872—$20,500
Emerson College MA—$48,294—
University of Oregon OR$37,968——