Bachelor's · Austin, Texas
Is Communication and Media Studies at Concordia University Texas 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 11.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,840
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $111k (likely $111k – $146k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.2 years (likely 6.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$266k – −$63k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$31k (likely −$208k – $200k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 43%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$98,611
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Doctoral)$79,960
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,891
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$78,414
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$70,668
- Education, General (Master's)$68,531
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$52,748
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$52,691
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$47,224
- Psychology, Other (Bachelor's)$38,287
Communication and Media Studies at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$72,210
- Texas A&M University-College Station$64,533
- Texas Christian University$63,531
- The University of Texas Permian Basin$60,805
- Trinity University$59,494
- Southwestern University$59,372
- Baylor University$58,915
- The University of Texas at El Paso$58,451
- Texas Tech University$58,196
- Southern Methodist University$57,636