Bachelor's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Communication and Media Studies at Chestnut Hill College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $47,281
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,534
- 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
- $92k (likely $92k – $120k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 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
- −$215k (likely −$303k – −$110k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$163k (likely −$321k – $37k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Chestnut Hill College
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$95,650
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$80,579
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$66,885
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$65,756
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$62,814
- Security Science and Technology (Bachelor's)$60,744
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$59,588
- Human Services, General (Master's)$59,051
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$57,831
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$51,339
- Business/Corporate Communications (Bachelor's)$48,643
- Human Services, General (Bachelor's)$48,375
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$114,266
- Villanova University$81,497
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$69,573
- Washington & Jefferson College$68,066
- La Salle University$61,347
- Ursinus College$61,017
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$59,929
- Muhlenberg College$58,473
- Eastern University$58,371
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$55,505