Bachelor's · Edmond, Oklahoma
Is Communication and Media Studies at University of Central Oklahoma 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 9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,573
- 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
- $82k (likely $78k – $109k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9 years (likely 4.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$143k (likely −$238k – −$23k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$11k (likely −$191k – $234k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 36%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$93,932
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$91,003
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,152
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,188
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$87,792
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$82,603
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Bachelor's)$75,796
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$73,074
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$69,235
- Public Health (Bachelor's)$67,452
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$66,442
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$64,452
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$57,453
- Northeastern State University$49,854
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University$47,681
- University of Tulsa$44,090
- Oklahoma Baptist University$42,740
- Oklahoma Christian University$40,001
- Oral Roberts University$39,535
- East Central University$36,280