Bachelor's · Bridgeport, Connecticut
Is Communication and Media Studies at University of Bridgeport worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $33,872
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $120k (likely $120k – $164k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$392k (likely −$497k – −$314k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$454k (likely −$606k – −$296k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 37%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$68,887
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Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Connecticut
- Fairfield University$78,081
- University of Connecticut$68,542
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$68,542
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$68,542
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$68,542
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$68,542
- Quinnipiac University$63,012
- University of Hartford$62,464
- University of New Haven$59,225
- Sacred Heart University$59,068