Bachelor's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Communication and Media Studies at Hamline University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.1 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
- $63,971
- 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
- $97k (likely $97k – $116k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.1 years (likely 3.8–12.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$73k (likely −$202k – $71k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $187k (likely −$80k – $495k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Communication and Media Studies at other schools
Other majors at Hamline University
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$108,829
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$104,535
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$100,989
- Public Administration (Master's)$93,090
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$72,945
- Education, General (Master's)$72,271
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate certificate)$70,862
- Non-Professional Legal Studies (Bachelor's)$65,460
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$64,303
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$63,668
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$63,173
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$62,193
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Minnesota
- Gustavus Adolphus College$69,423
- University of St Thomas$64,917
- College of Saint Benedict$64,430
- Augsburg University$63,850
- Metropolitan State University$61,355
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$60,023
- Saint Cloud State University$56,388
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$56,119
- St Catherine University$55,058
- Crown College$54,958