Film/Video and Photographic Arts: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of film/video and photographic arts graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 151 colleges. National median: $31,401, rising to $44,983 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Tufts University	MA	$46,529	$59,960	$17,900
2	Calvin University	MI	$44,381	—	—
3	Mount Saint Mary's University	CA	$41,871	$47,091	$27,000
4	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$41,207	$52,105	$18,499
5	Brigham Young University	UT	$41,055	$53,695	$11,250
6	Chapman University	CA	$40,622	$66,494	$19,500
7	Utah Valley University	UT	$40,605	—	$11,991
8	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$40,578	$46,545	$12,500
9	Huntington University	IN	$40,516	$46,073	$27,000
10	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$40,146	$61,500	$20,000
11	University of Arizona	AZ	$39,945	$44,145	$16,276
12	Occidental College	CA	$39,921	—	$24,903
13	Academy of Art University	CA	$39,840	$46,726	$32,000
14	Syracuse University	NY	$39,522	$54,115	$26,602
15	Emory University	GA	$39,518	$53,663	$17,000
16	Vassar College	NY	$39,220	$42,956	$19,000
17	Baylor University	TX	$39,080	—	$23,500
18	Brandeis University	MA	$38,797	—	—
19	Marymount Manhattan College	NY	$38,749	$55,285	$25,000
20	American University	DC	$38,663	$52,661	$19,500
21	Biola University	CA	$38,619	—	$20,500
22	Emerson College	MA	$38,235	$49,951	$21,500
23	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$38,123	$37,066	$21,500
24	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$37,636	$42,392	$14,478
25	Fordham University	NY	$37,428	$54,738	$24,250
26	Taylor University	IN	$37,367	$50,403	$24,102
27	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$37,338	$43,469	$24,052
28	Woodbury University	CA	$37,153	$50,387	—
29	The University of Montana	MT	$37,112	$36,169	$23,000
30	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$36,983	$38,429	$15,244
31	Drexel University	PA	$36,908	$42,980	$21,500
32	New York University	NY	$36,652	$58,720	$19,750
33	Belmont University	TN	$36,527	$42,033	$24,500
34	Marquette University	WI	$36,483	—	$26,000
35	Oakland University	MI	$36,205	$43,186	$25,000
36	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$35,898	$70,963	$12,979
37	Lesley University	MA	$35,733	$45,508	$25,539
38	University of Vermont	VT	$35,588	$32,100	$19,500
39	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$35,470	$43,919	$21,500
40	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$35,421	—	$11,830
41	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$35,187	$49,759	$20,500
42	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$35,187	$49,759	$20,500
43	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$35,065	$49,893	$11,125
44	University of Kansas	KS	$34,952	$41,191	$18,375
45	Texas State University	TX	$34,951	$39,473	—
46	CUNY City College	NY	$34,919	$46,801	—
47	Quinnipiac University	CT	$34,820	$52,094	$20,000
48	University of Southern California	CA	$34,718	$58,623	$17,000
49	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$34,410	$52,970	$27,000
50	DePaul University	IL	$34,376	$46,969	$23,000
51	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$34,262	$57,059	$19,500
52	Binghamton University	NY	$34,187	$46,579	$17,500
53	California Baptist University	CA	$34,130	—	$23,500
54	University of Miami	FL	$33,820	$52,032	$16,750
55	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	$33,723	$54,106	$23,000
56	University at Buffalo	NY	$33,692	$43,285	$16,750
57	Columbus College of Art & Design	OH	$33,524	$43,661	—
58	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$33,485	—	$12,750
59	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$33,310	—	$23,986
60	Webster University	MO	$33,276	$35,407	$25,000
61	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$33,118	$37,274	$18,500
62	Montana State University	MT	$33,099	$45,300	$22,410
63	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$33,054	$47,707	$20,478
64	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$32,896	$50,871	$23,816
65	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$32,755	$36,495	$26,695
66	Central Washington University	WA	$32,728	$45,152	$15,000
67	The University of Tampa	FL	$32,677	$42,090	$21,250
68	San Francisco State University	CA	$32,668	$47,149	$15,305
69	Florida State University	FL	$32,415	$46,180	—
70	Western Michigan University	MI	$32,157	$45,391	$22,125
71	Pace University	NY	$32,142	$52,368	$19,500
72	School of Visual Arts	NY	$31,927	$41,271	$27,000
73	Stevenson University	MD	$31,612	$38,813	—
74	California State University-Northridge	CA	$31,506	$46,913	$12,000
75	University of Utah	UT	$31,407	$49,841	$20,500
76	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$31,401	$39,720	$19,400
77	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$31,375	$44,232	$24,976
78	Miami Dade College	FL	$31,362	$35,402	—
79	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$31,248	$49,388	—
80	George Mason University	VA	$31,212	$50,086	$19,500
81	University of California-Davis	CA	$31,184	$57,999	$12,800
82	Wayne State University	MI	$31,158	$35,157	$21,797
83	University of Iowa	IA	$30,998	$47,892	$19,125
84	University of Rhode Island	RI	$30,985	$44,983	$21,403
85	University of California-Irvine	CA	$30,830	$51,423	$12,853
86	University of Central Florida	FL	$30,795	$41,255	$18,000
87	Columbia College Chicago	IL	$30,716	$41,200	$24,525
88	Los Angeles Film School	CA	$30,469	$35,151	$44,684
89	Ithaca College	NY	$30,451	$44,829	$21,500
90	College for Creative Studies	MI	$30,289	$35,797	$25,000
91	SUNY at Purchase College	NY	$30,260	$43,265	$20,500
92	Southern Methodist University	TX	$30,199	—	$21,500
93	Champlain College	VT	$30,199	$35,945	$25,917
94	Portland State University	OR	$30,071	$41,639	$21,277
95	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$29,996	$63,679	$20,375
96	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$29,996	$63,679	$20,375
97	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$29,940	$37,958	$17,875
98	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$29,812	$47,515	$18,518
99	Maryland Institute College of Art	MD	$29,600	$43,227	—
100	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$29,546	$40,592	—
101	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$29,365	$50,565	$22,128
102	University of California-Riverside	CA	$29,349	$52,699	$15,500
103	Georgia Gwinnett College	GA	$28,616	—	$20,182
104	Full Sail University	FL	$28,554	$33,579	$31,000
105	Georgia State University	GA	$28,413	$42,457	$20,791
106	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$28,298	$48,800	—
107	Temple University	PA	$28,160	$42,526	$21,500
108	Savannah College of Art and Design	GA	$28,132	$41,651	$23,291
109	Ringling College of Art and Design	FL	$28,078	$41,024	$27,000
110	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$28,059	$40,097	—
111	George Fox University	OR	$27,961	$50,003	—
112	John Paul the Great Catholic University	CA	$27,871	$35,917	$23,716
113	Point Park University	PA	$27,723	$41,751	—
114	Grand Valley State University	MI	$27,609	$39,082	$21,500
115	DeSales University	PA	$27,477	$46,847	$26,000
116	University of Georgia	GA	$27,326	—	—
117	Loyola University New Orleans	LA	$27,243	—	$26,000
118	Michigan State University	MI	$27,059	—	—
119	Rider University	NJ	$26,671	—	$26,000
120	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$26,650	$50,904	$17,484
121	Cleveland State University	OH	$26,570	$37,745	$22,000
122	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	MA	$26,431	$51,139	$25,034
123	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$26,359	$44,032	$11,000
124	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$26,269	$40,962	$21,602
125	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$26,183	$45,815	$15,000
126	The New School	NY	$26,072	$48,557	$21,477
127	Clayton State University	GA	$26,025	$36,510	$24,000
128	California College of the Arts	CA	$26,006	—	—
129	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	$25,849	$41,000	$26,173
130	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$25,552	$34,184	$16,473
131	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$25,464	$39,707	$23,250
132	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$25,352	$37,484	$24,000
133	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$25,155	$49,192	$19,826
134	University of Oregon	OR	$25,155	$50,499	$20,171
135	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$25,019	—	$19,937
136	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$24,957	$42,317	$23,000
137	Pratt Institute-Main	NY	$24,644	$46,874	$24,500
138	Montclair State University	NJ	$24,623	$50,790	$18,000
139	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	$23,848	$36,134	—
140	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	NJ	$23,305	$45,958	$24,437
141	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	NJ	$23,305	$45,958	$24,437
142	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$23,051	$51,363	—
143	California Institute of the Arts	CA	$22,656	$29,426	$24,750
144	Five Towns College	NY	$22,458	$36,300	$23,250
145	New York Film Academy	CA	$22,445	$28,275	$30,750
146	John Brown University	AR	$20,981	$36,796	$19,000
147	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$20,909	$34,673	$26,000
148	University of Hartford	CT	$18,712	$44,550	$27,000
149	Kansas City Art Institute	MO	$18,648	$34,253	—
150	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	$17,991	$37,880	$14,769
151	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	CA	$17,326	$46,245	$20,969

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do film/video and photographic arts graduates earn?

The median college reports $31,401 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in film/video and photographic arts and $44,983 four years after. The highest is $46,529 at Tufts University.

How much student debt do film/video and photographic arts graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,500 at the typical college.