NYU Radio, TV, and Digital Media (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
- Private nonprofit university
- New York, NY
- About 438 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
NYU radio, TV, and digital media graduates earn more than graduates of most radio, TV, and digital media programs nationally, $47,666 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $21,500 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,250. It is one of the higher-paying radio, TV, and digital media degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, NYU graduates earn more than the national figure and about $17,342 more than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York radio, TV, and digital media program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York 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 45% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $2,550 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $228 a month, or 5.7% 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. Separately, 109 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $97,906.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
60% of graduates (122 of 202) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $47,666 salary here buys what about $42,346 buys in a typical US city.
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
$107,550Median pay in New York. 27,990 people work in this job in New York. 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
$120,990Median pay in New York. 16,560 people work in this job in New York. 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
$100,770Median pay in New York. 5,750 people work in this job in New York. 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
$103,440Median pay in New York. 3,710 people work in this job in New York. 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 NYU
Radio, TV, and Digital Media ranks 17th of 43 bachelor's programs at NYU by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($111,360), Management Science ($102,572), and Computer and Information Science ($87,608).
Other radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs near New York
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,666 one year after graduating and $69,066 five years after. The median across radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs in New York is $29,400.
The median federal loan balance is $21,500, which ranks 3rd lowest of 14 radio, TV, and digital media bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $228 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 45% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 78%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 10% or less.
Most do. 60% (122 of 202) were working in New York 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 New York 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