Georgia Tech Radio, TV, and Digital Media (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
- Public school
- Atlanta, GA
- About 65 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Georgia Tech radio, TV, and digital media graduates earn more than graduates of most radio, TV, and digital media programs nationally, $76,507 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $28,350 in federal loans, more than at 93% of radio, TV, and digital media programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying radio, TV, and digital media degrees in Georgia.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Georgia and national columns are the medians across all radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Georgia Tech graduates earn more than the national figure and about $30,842 more than the Georgia median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Georgia radio, TV, and digital media program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Georgia medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 20% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $301 a month, or 4.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
74% of graduates (20 of 27) were working in Georgia one year after graduating. Prices in the Atlanta area are about the same as the national average.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to radio, TV, and digital media, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Producers and Directors
$79,950Median pay in Georgia. 5,010 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 12,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Web and Digital Interface Designers
$103,810Median pay in Georgia. 2,800 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
$81,910Median pay in Georgia. 1,520 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 3,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Film and Video Editors
$51,280Median pay in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 3,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Georgia Tech
Radio, TV, and Digital Media ranks 8th of 19 bachelor's programs at Georgia Tech by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($105,137), Computer Engineering ($93,629), and Industrial Engineering ($87,826).
Other radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs near Atlanta
Common questions
The median graduate earns $76,507 one year after graduating and $91,748 five years after. The median across radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs in Georgia is $31,994.
The median federal loan balance is $28,350, which ranks 6th lowest of 7 radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs in Georgia. That works out to about $301 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 37% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 78%.
Most do. 74% (20 of 27) were working in Georgia one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Georgia comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the radio, TV, and digital media program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024