COLLEGE SCORECARD · JUNE 10, 2026 FEATURED RELEASEOUTCOMES ARE COHORT MEASURES—NOT A RANKING OR GUARANTEE
COLLEGE OUTCOMELEDGERCOST · COMPLETION · DEBT · EARNINGS
FIELD 9.01 · UNITID 179566BACHELOR'S DEGREE

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY-SPRINGFIELD

Communication and Media Studies

Published outcomes for this field-and-credential combination—not every graduate, every campus, or a forecast of an individual's result.

Median earnings$50,065working, not enrolled · 4 years
Median debt$25,000Stafford + Grad PLUS · all schools
Working graduates208four-year earnings cohort
Two-year awards170IPEDS pooled debt-cohort years
Not a return-on-investment calculation.

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01 / SAME-FIELD CONTEXT

Where this record sits

Four-year earnings percentile19thhigher than about 19% of published same-field, same-credential peers
Debt position39%lower median debt than about 39% of published peers

Peer group: 232 institution-program records meeting the 75-working-graduate threshold with non-suppressed earnings and debt.

02 / PEER RECORDS

Same field and credential

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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Bachelor's Degree$83,586 earnings · $18,500 debtVillanova UniversityVillanova, PA · Bachelor's Degree$81,497 earnings · $26,456 debtBoston UniversityBoston, MA · Bachelor's Degree$80,306 earnings · $25,108 debtNortheastern UniversityBoston, MA · Bachelor's Degree$80,191 earnings · $23,250 debtUniversity of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · Bachelor's Degree$79,648 earnings · $20,376 debtFairfield UniversityFairfield, CT · Bachelor's Degree$78,081 earnings · $27,000 debtFordham UniversityBronx, NY · Bachelor's Degree$77,244 earnings · $25,700 debtUniversity of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA · Bachelor's Degree$76,243 earnings · $21,230 debtUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA · Bachelor's Degree$75,864 earnings · $17,702 debtUniversity of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · Bachelor's Degree$75,612 earnings · $11,180 debtMarist UniversityPoughkeepsie, NY · Bachelor's Degree$74,726 earnings · $26,000 debtManhattan UniversityRiverdale, NY · Bachelor's Degree$74,471 earnings · $26,000 debtUniversity of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD · Bachelor's Degree$74,402 earnings · $20,000 debtElon UniversityElon, NC · Bachelor's Degree$73,750 earnings · $23,250 debtUniversity of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA · Bachelor's Degree$72,976 earnings · $13,018 debtUniversity of California-DavisDavis, CA · Bachelor's Degree$72,778 earnings · $13,000 debtUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ · Bachelor's Degree$72,758 earnings · $19,750 debtThe University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX · Bachelor's Degree$72,210 earnings · $20,500 debt
03 / RETURN TO INSTITUTION

Missouri State University-Springfield

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