Highest Earning Bachelor's Communications Programs

These are the highest earning bachelor's communications programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Pennsylvania leading at $114,266.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	University of Pennsylvania	Communications	PA	$114,266	62
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Radio, Television & Film	GA	$99,915	65
3	Northwestern University	Communications	IL	$93,541	82
4	Rochester Institute of Technology	Radio, Television & Film	NY	$91,222	39
5	Syracuse University	Public Relations	NY	$90,535	218
6	Southern Methodist University	Public Relations	TX	$89,330	107
7	Cornell University	Communications	NY	$88,463	64
8	University of Southern California	Public Relations	CA	$87,946	80
9	George Washington University	Public Relations	DC	$85,459	39
10	Fordham University	Radio, Television & Film	NY	$84,366	107
11	Santa Clara University	Communications	CA	$84,206	140
12	Boston College	Communications	MA	$83,586	153
13	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Public Relations	IL	$83,451	191
14	University of Miami	Public Relations	FL	$82,999	131
15	Miami University-Oxford	Radio, Television & Film	OH	$82,411	109
16	Lehigh University	Journalism	PA	$81,935	19
17	George Washington University	Journalism	DC	$81,927	48
18	Villanova University	Communications	PA	$81,497	167
19	Pepperdine University	Public Relations	CA	$81,417	85
20	University of San Francisco	Public Relations	CA	$81,285	25
21	Brigham Young University	Public Relations	UT	$80,841	202
22	Boston University	Communications	MA	$80,306	60
23	The University of Texas at Austin	Public Relations	TX	$80,221	487
24	Northeastern University	Communications	MA	$80,191	132
25	Chapman University	Public Relations	CA	$80,139	50
26	University of Southern California	Journalism	CA	$79,776	97
27	Miami University-Hamilton	Public Relations	OH	$79,710	11
28	Miami University-Oxford	Public Relations	OH	$79,710	151
29	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Communications	MI	$79,648	209
30	Pace University	Public Relations	NY	$79,376	69
31	Chapman University	Journalism	CA	$79,135	34
32	George Washington University	Communications	DC	$79,112	28
33	American University	Public Relations	DC	$78,410	107
34	Fairfield University	Communications	CT	$78,081	72
35	Wake Forest University	Communications	NC	$77,984	124
36	Endicott College	Public Relations	MA	$77,253	23
37	Fordham University	Communications	NY	$77,244	103
38	Pacific Union College	Public Relations	CA	$77,121	5
39	New York University	Radio, Television & Film	NY	$77,109	438
40	Johnson & Wales University-Providence	Public Relations	RI	$77,025	11
41	Tulane University of Louisiana	Communications	LA	$76,945	145
42	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Public Relations	PA	$76,246	349
43	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	Public Relations	PA	$76,246	33
44	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Communications	VA	$76,243	152
45	Roanoke College	Communications	VA	$76,198	16
46	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Public Relations	OK	$76,148	78
47	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Journalism	WI	$75,967	221
48	University of Southern California	Communications	CA	$75,864	269
49	University of California-Berkeley	Communications	CA	$75,612	265
50	Manhattan University	Public Relations	NY	$75,594	11

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 09 (Communications) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.