Bachelor's · Saint Bonaventure, New York
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at St Bonaventure 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,120
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,932
- 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
- $117k (likely $117k – $138k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.8 years (likely 5.6–11.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$94k (likely −$192k – $12k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $188k (likely −$17k – $441k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at St Bonaventure University
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$117,157
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$92,426
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$85,405
- Journalism (Master's)$82,191
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$79,690
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,066
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$67,383
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,413
- Journalism (Bachelor's)$58,816
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$57,215
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$55,838
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$53,783
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at other schools in New York
- Rochester Institute of Technology$91,222
- Fordham University$84,366
- New York University$77,109
- CUNY City College$72,068
- Syracuse University$70,815
- The New School$64,018
- Ithaca College$58,804
- Hofstra University$56,990
- Manhattanville University$56,117
- CUNY Brooklyn College$51,404