Bachelor's · Atlanta, Georgia
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $107,321
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,437
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $51k (likely $51k – $70k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $70k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.9–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $481k (likely $342k – $635k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.26M (likely $976k – $1.61M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 94%
- 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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Other majors at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$195,622
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$180,530
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$178,484
- Computer Science (Master's)$169,689
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$168,407
- Industrial Engineering (Master's)$164,427
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$150,628
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$143,627
- Chemistry (Doctoral)$137,217
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Doctoral)$134,630
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$128,497
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$128,003
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at other schools in Georgia
- Savannah College of Art and Design$64,076
- Georgia Southern University$51,581
- Kennesaw State University$47,723
- University of Georgia$45,555
- University of North Georgia$37,608
- Clark Atlanta University$34,335