Bachelor's · Utica, New York
Is Communication and Media Studies at Utica 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 12.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,296
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,302
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,862
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $103k (likely $103k – $121k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.9 years (likely 6.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$179k (likely −$273k – −$75k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$97k (likely −$267k – $112k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$92,521
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$92,248
- Social Sciences, General (Master's)$90,471
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- Security Science and Technology (Undergraduate certificate)$82,049
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$80,570
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$73,715
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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