Program Payoff

Journalism programs in Pennsylvania

6 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Pennsylvania

Editors in Pennsylvania earn a median of $63,460 a year across 3,240 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Pennsylvania
Photographers$40,5201,870
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$77,7901,530
Writers and Authors$77,4101,080
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys$52,080830
Proofreaders and Copy Markers$47,510230

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park Undergraduate certificate $20,500 not published 55
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park Undergraduate certificate $20,500 not published 1
Bucks County Community College Newtown Associate's degree not published 2
Delaware County Community College Media Associate's degree not published 4
Luzerne County Community College Nanticoke Associate's degree not published 0
Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem Associate's degree not published 6

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.