Is a Business/Corporate Communications degree worth it?
Across 22 schools, graduates of Business/Corporate Communications earn a median $56,837 five years out on $25,000 of debt — most often working as Public Relations Specialists. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$56,837
Median debt
$25,000
Years to pay off
4.4
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
59%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
9.1%
$61,379 vs $55,810
Net price
$20,172/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$1,473
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Business/Corporate Communications in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.