Bachelor's · New York, New York
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at The New School 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,164
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,763
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,793
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $204k (likely $204k – $274k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.7 years (likely 7.6–12.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$141k (likely −$279k – −$44k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $234k (likely $42k – $458k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at The New School
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$128,575
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (Master's)$120,471
- Systems Science and Theory (Master's)$113,846
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$113,315
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,410
- Public Policy Analysis (Master's)$89,713
- Design and Applied Arts (Master's)$86,473
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Master's)$81,832
- Sustainability Studies (Master's)$81,540
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's)$75,792
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (Bachelor's)$74,936
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$73,507
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
- Ithaca College$58,804
- Hofstra University$56,990
- Manhattanville University$56,117
- St Bonaventure University$55,796
- CUNY Brooklyn College$51,404