Bachelor's · Greenwood, South Carolina
Is Communication and Media Studies at Lander 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
- $30,564
- 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
- $26,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $71k (likely $71k – $93k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 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
- −$290k (likely −$364k – −$240k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$343k (likely −$448k – −$241k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$75,458
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$59,193
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$53,004
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$52,512
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$52,165
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$51,767
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$50,079
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$44,287
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$43,637
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$43,098
- History (Bachelor's)$41,783
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$41,110
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in South Carolina
- Furman University$64,014
- College of Charleston$58,371
- University of South Carolina Aiken$58,203
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$53,247
- Coastal Carolina University$51,010
- Charleston Southern University$50,824
- University of South Carolina Beaufort$49,545
- Winthrop University$48,303
- Francis Marion University$46,669
- University of South Carolina-Upstate$45,298