Highest-Paying Communications Programs
Colleges whose communications graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 843 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#4
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
#5
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
#7
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
- 1Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · Public$65,477Compare nearby
- 2University of RochesterRochester, NY · Private$65,332Compare nearby
- 3CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, NY · Public$57,318Compare nearby
- 4University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Private$54,509Compare nearby
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- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#5
- Multidisciplinary Studies#5
- Business#9
- History#10
- the Highest SAT Averages#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#11
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#12
- Engineering#12
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#17
- Computer Science#18
- Are Least Likely to Leave#20
- Social Sciences#22
- 5Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA · Private$52,420Compare nearby
- 6Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI · Private$51,690Compare nearby
- 7University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · Public$50,387Compare nearby
- 8Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Private$50,105Compare nearby
- 9Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA · Private$50,105Compare nearby
- 10Colorado State University GlobalAurora, CO · Public$49,962Compare nearby
- 11Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL · Private$49,491Compare nearby
- 12Franklin UniversityColumbus, OH · Private$49,269Compare nearby
- 13Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private$49,214Compare nearby
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- Mathematics & Statistics#11
- Psychology#11
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#17
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#19
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#19
- Computer Science#20
- the Highest ACT Scores#21
- Architecture#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#22
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#23
- Are Least Likely to Leave#23
- the Highest SAT Averages#23
- Most Selective Colleges in America#23
- Area & Ethnic Studies#25
- 14University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, MD · Public$49,136Compare nearby
- 15New York UniversityNew York, NY · Private$48,987Compare nearby
- 16George Washington UniversityWashington, DC · Private$48,823Compare nearby
- 17University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · Public$47,877Compare nearby
- 18Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT · Private$47,686Compare nearby
- 19The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · Private$46,869Compare nearby
- 20Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · Private$46,826Compare nearby
- 21Fisher CollegeBoston, MA · Private$46,478Compare nearby
- 22University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA · Private$46,087Compare nearby
- 23School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY · For-profit$46,087Compare nearby
- 24Elon UniversityElon, NC · Private$45,891Compare nearby
- 25Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · Private$45,383Compare nearby
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How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several communications programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 843 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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