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Master's · Boston, Massachusetts

Is Communication and Media Studies at Northeastern University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$104,313
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$38,918
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$41k (likely $41k – $41k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.7 years (likely 1.8–4.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$98k (likely −$23k – $238k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$485k (likely $226k – $781k)
Today's dollars

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