Bachelor's · Steubenville, Ohio
Is Communication and Media Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,559
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,315
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,965
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $104k (likely $104k – $135k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.6 years (likely 10.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$239k (likely −$322k – −$166k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$134k (likely −$281k – $23k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 76%
- 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
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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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Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Ohio
- University of Dayton$67,231
- Denison University$66,730
- John Carroll University$62,270
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$62,096
- The College of Wooster$60,884
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$56,818
- Wittenberg University$56,711
- Miami University-Hamilton$55,919
- Miami University-Middletown$55,919
- Miami University-Oxford$55,919