Bachelor's · Ashland, Ohio
Is Communication and Media Studies at Ashland University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $33,156
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $100k (likely $100k – $126k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$329k (likely −$397k – −$287k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$378k (likely −$475k – −$286k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 57%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- History (Master's)$70,522
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$68,823
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$68,708
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$65,364
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$64,231
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$63,212
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$62,624
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$62,347
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Ohio
- University of Dayton$67,231
- Denison University$66,730
- John Carroll University$62,270
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$62,096
- The College of Wooster$60,884
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$56,818
- Wittenberg University$56,711
- Miami University-Hamilton$55,919
- Miami University-Middletown$55,919
- Miami University-Oxford$55,919