Bachelor's · Buffalo, New York
Is Communication and Media Studies at Canisius 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,909
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,571
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,475
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $77k (likely $77k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.4 years (likely 4.9–8.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$64k (likely −$137k – $9k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $199k (likely $51k – $370k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Canisius University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$93,286
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,080
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,563
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,001
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$66,256
- Economics (Bachelor's)$65,757
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,955
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$62,398
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$62,097
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$61,958
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,044
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,750
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in New York
- Cornell University$88,463
- Fordham University$77,244
- Marist University$74,726
- Manhattan University$74,471
- Hobart William Smith Colleges$73,650
- St Lawrence University$72,839
- CUNY Graduate School and University Center$72,564
- Syracuse University$70,106
- CUNY City College$69,948
- Pace University$69,876