Bachelor's · Hempstead, New York
Is Communication and Media Studies at Hofstra 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 6.3 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
- $66,983
- 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
- $130k (likely $130k – $145k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.3 years (likely 4.2–9.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$37k (likely −$150k – $105k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $294k (likely $50k – $586k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 66%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$127,131
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$119,193
- Marketing (Master's)$111,964
- Taxation (Master's)$110,943
- Law (First professional)$102,901
- Medicine (First professional)$99,911
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$98,910
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,744
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