Bachelor's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at Point Park University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 10.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,080
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,653
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $110k (likely $110k – $127k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $15k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.6 years (likely 7.1–18.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$254k – −$74k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $25k (likely −$145k – $238k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Point Park University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,649
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,722
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$89,825
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$88,525
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations (Master's)$86,554
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Undergraduate certificate)$83,862
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,639
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$67,919
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$55,545
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$54,901
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,332
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$47,830
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$66,876
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$66,876
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$66,876
- Lebanon Valley College$63,128
- Temple University$53,818
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania$49,132
- Messiah University$45,522
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania$37,592
- Lincoln University$36,544