Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Communication and Media Studies at Texas Southern 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 14.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $29,843
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,703
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,625
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $76k (likely $70k – $99k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 14.7 years (likely 8.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$212k (likely −$300k – −$113k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$113k (likely −$265k – $92k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 24%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$141,000
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,981
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$74,170
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$71,595
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,201
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$67,066
- Law (First professional)$66,184
- Public Administration (Master's)$64,662
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$62,728
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$62,147
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,386
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$56,482
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