Bachelor's · Erie, Pennsylvania
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,085
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,833
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $98k (likely $98k – $131k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.2 years (likely 4.5–6.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $16k (likely −$66k – $72k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $408k (likely $263k – $562k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 47%
- 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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$127,665
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Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$66,876
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$66,876
- Lebanon Valley College$63,128
- Temple University$53,818
- Point Park University$49,951
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania$49,132
- Messiah University$45,522
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania$37,592
- Lincoln University$36,544