Program Payoff

Communication and Media Studies programs in Utah

9 schools in Utah teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $32,925 at Salt Lake Community College.

What this work pays in Utah

Public Relations Specialists in Utah earn a median of $62,670 a year across 1,800 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Utah
Fundraisers$61,820920
Editors$65,040590
Public Relations Managers$132,670580
Writers and Authors$64,530410
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$61,880240

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City Associate's degree $32,925 (11 grads) 55
Ensign College Salt Lake City Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Ensign College Salt Lake City Associate's degree not published 0
Snow College Ephraim Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Snow College Ephraim Associate's degree not published 12
Southern Utah University Cedar City Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Utah Tech University Saint George Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Utah Valley University Orem Associate's degree not published 1
Weber State University Ogden Associate's degree not published 20

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.