Bachelor's · Virginia Beach, Virginia
Is Communication and Media Studies at Regent 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
- $44,050
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $44,399
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $77k (likely $77k – $96k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 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
- −$213k (likely −$270k – −$169k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$182k (likely −$271k – −$100k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
Change income, residency or loans Compare Communication and Media Studies at other schools
Other majors at Regent University
- Human Resources Management and Services (Doctoral)$104,912
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$97,165
- Education, Other (Doctoral)$94,797
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Doctoral)$85,056
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$83,162
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$82,799
- Law (First professional)$82,360
- Communication and Media Studies (Doctoral)$81,331
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$80,309
- Public Administration (Master's)$79,312
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$77,055
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$76,612
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Virginia
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$76,243
- Roanoke College$76,198
- James Madison University$66,436
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$66,106
- Randolph-Macon College$61,867
- Virginia Commonwealth University$59,968
- Radford University$59,932
- Christopher Newport University$57,254
- Liberty University$54,911
- Longwood University$53,631