Bachelor's · Canyon, Texas
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at West Texas A & M 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 13.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $37,356
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,161
- 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
- $76k (likely $76k – $103k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.5 years (likely 8.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$190k (likely −$278k – −$113k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$87k (likely −$247k – $83k)
- 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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Students heading toward media & storytelling majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP Seminar
IB Higher Level
- Language A: Literature HL or Language and Literature HL
- Film HL
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Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at other schools in Texas
- Texas Christian University$61,636
- Texas A&M University-College Station$61,478
- The University of Texas at Arlington$60,617
- The University of Texas at Dallas$53,828
- Saint Edward's University$53,473
- The University of Texas at Austin$52,860
- Texas Southern University$51,195
- Texas Tech University$50,279
- Texas State University$49,987
- Dallas Baptist University$46,723