Fine and Studio Arts: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of fine and studio arts graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 401 colleges. National median: $31,083, rising to $41,705 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$51,155	—	—
2	Southern Methodist University	TX	$50,693	$48,335	—
3	Tufts University	MA	$43,515	$41,365	$18,500
4	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$43,233	$50,189	$21,948
5	Augustana University	SD	$42,568	—	—
6	University of Rhode Island	RI	$42,522	$44,272	$14,250
7	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$42,499	$58,652	$22,500
8	Sam Houston State University	TX	$42,085	$39,565	$27,451
9	Utah State University	UT	$41,442	$48,180	$18,633
10	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	$41,191	$38,389	—
11	University of Georgia	GA	$41,153	$53,300	$17,500
12	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$40,961	$51,254	$21,250
13	Barnard College	NY	$40,947	—	—
14	Vassar College	NY	$40,754	$63,418	—
15	Montana State University	MT	$40,481	$46,741	$22,341
16	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$40,294	$43,650	$19,275
17	New England Institute of Technology	RI	$40,279	$47,098	—
18	Moravian University	PA	$40,173	$54,090	$26,275
19	Old Dominion University	VA	$39,784	$46,308	$25,000
20	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$39,765	$45,491	$20,500
21	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$39,740	—	—
22	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	$39,377	$60,757	—
23	Sonoma State University	CA	$39,240	$46,022	$17,503
24	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$39,138	$41,853	$21,598
25	Williams College	MA	$39,112	$55,012	—
26	University of Louisville	KY	$39,072	$45,429	$23,000
27	Fort Lewis College	CO	$39,045	$45,647	$19,503
28	Salem State University	MA	$39,030	$50,397	$17,250
29	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$38,967	$47,106	$22,311
30	University of South Dakota	SD	$38,949	$43,945	$24,750
31	Baylor University	TX	$38,807	$50,253	$18,375
32	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$38,716	$52,405	$27,000
33	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$38,697	$66,846	$19,708
34	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$38,687	$47,297	$17,500
35	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$38,634	$49,722	$25,178
36	James Madison University	VA	$38,534	$54,093	$19,500
37	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$38,511	$55,713	$15,000
38	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$38,421	$47,822	$24,122
39	Missouri Southern State University	MO	$38,393	$40,402	—
40	Texas Tech University	TX	$38,355	$50,892	$26,250
41	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$38,177	$48,684	$16,750
42	Binghamton University	NY	$37,995	$60,299	$15,875
43	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$37,984	$44,788	$24,939
44	Connecticut College	CT	$37,971	$61,321	—
45	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$37,923	$42,995	$22,000
46	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$37,870	$42,684	$24,906
47	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$37,720	$58,014	$21,009
48	Illinois State University	IL	$37,696	$51,386	$19,067
49	University of Mississippi	MS	$37,676	$41,861	$25,195
50	University of Mary Washington	VA	$37,484	$44,357	$15,778
51	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	$37,407	$43,017	$25,889
52	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$37,277	$49,842	$20,000
53	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$37,259	$40,960	$26,860
54	Cornell University	NY	$37,201	$41,784	$12,000
55	Winona State University	MN	$37,031	$48,258	$16,124
56	Clemson University	SC	$36,998	$35,526	$19,500
57	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$36,975	$36,387	$23,750
58	University of North Dakota	ND	$36,898	—	—
59	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$36,869	$46,899	$19,000
60	University of Iowa	IA	$36,862	$43,192	$22,750
61	Georgia State University	GA	$36,853	$42,454	$25,150
62	Truman State University	MO	$36,444	$47,708	—
63	Boston University	MA	$36,370	$49,538	$18,750
64	University of North Florida	FL	$36,367	$43,804	$16,014
65	Texas Woman's University	TX	$36,363	$52,306	$20,933
66	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$36,331	$53,253	—
67	Fort Hays State University	KS	$36,307	$39,280	$20,287
68	Southern Oregon University	OR	$36,160	$35,431	$17,189
69	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	$36,130	$37,293	$17,241
70	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$36,112	$39,127	$26,000
71	Fordham University	NY	$36,007	$60,515	$27,000
72	Grinnell College	IA	$35,988	—	—
73	Rhode Island College	RI	$35,898	$41,883	$19,666
74	University of Redlands	CA	$35,874	—	$25,000
75	Framingham State University	MA	$35,867	$43,582	—
76	Kansas State University	KS	$35,636	$39,991	$26,402
77	Cleveland State University	OH	$35,543	$36,603	—
78	California State University-Chico	CA	$35,521	$45,468	$17,594
79	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$35,501	$49,506	$22,062
80	Central Washington University	WA	$35,446	$40,251	$18,925
81	SUNY Brockport	NY	$35,395	$44,092	$21,500
82	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$35,388	$44,312	—
83	University of West Georgia	GA	$35,347	$45,644	$25,000
84	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	$35,303	$37,922	$21,500
85	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$35,256	$44,386	$12,500
86	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$35,247	$44,902	$27,000
87	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$34,971	$41,074	$15,000
88	Rowan University	NJ	$34,883	$47,176	$17,750
89	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$34,754	$37,521	$23,849
90	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$34,713	$56,160	$17,287
91	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$34,626	$39,517	$20,000
92	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$34,619	$46,173	$14,732
93	University of Idaho	ID	$34,607	$45,624	—
94	University of Utah	UT	$34,583	$50,166	$15,750
95	Austin Peay State University	TN	$34,509	$33,880	$20,937
96	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$34,479	$42,490	$22,750
97	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$34,416	$46,606	$15,671
98	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$34,406	$51,699	$11,800
99	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$34,358	$51,033	$21,500
100	Whittier College	CA	$34,340	—	—
101	University of North Alabama	AL	$34,287	$39,550	—
102	California State University-East Bay	CA	$34,224	$46,136	$16,889
103	Saginaw Valley State University	MI	$34,181	$42,270	—
104	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$34,173	$41,265	$20,358
105	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$34,173	$41,265	$20,358
106	Western Carolina University	NC	$34,090	$43,029	$19,500
107	Indiana University-Southeast	IN	$34,068	$42,084	$20,133
108	Towson University	MD	$34,061	$48,238	$20,000
109	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$34,043	$34,073	—
110	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$33,983	$41,705	$21,375
111	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$33,965	$41,629	$22,144
112	University of Kentucky	KY	$33,963	$41,406	$21,000
113	University of Kansas	KS	$33,953	$38,355	$20,500
114	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$33,918	$36,483	$23,000
115	CUNY York College	NY	$33,915	—	—
116	Western Colorado University	CO	$33,893	$39,865	—
117	Radford University	VA	$33,886	$40,679	$25,838
118	University of Wisconsin-Stout	WI	$33,873	$49,967	$27,000
119	University of Nebraska at Kearney	NE	$33,860	$49,521	$18,645
120	Troy University	AL	$33,849	$37,264	—
121	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$33,711	$46,428	$10,239
122	Youngstown State University	OH	$33,684	$36,539	$27,000
123	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$33,590	$36,717	$22,067
124	New York University	NY	$33,532	$49,478	$17,500
125	Kean University	NJ	$33,514	$40,213	$19,500
126	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$33,458	$41,309	$19,250
127	University of Arizona	AZ	$33,418	$43,314	$19,229
128	Nicholls State University	LA	$33,402	$39,637	$25,876
129	Westmont College	CA	$33,387	$34,508	—
130	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$33,372	$44,496	$26,083
131	University of Wyoming	WY	$33,346	$46,371	$12,915
132	Athens State University	AL	$33,312	$40,502	—
133	CUNY City College	NY	$33,271	$45,656	$10,989
134	Empire State University	NY	$33,220	—	$17,604
135	University of Delaware	DE	$33,119	$41,103	$26,891
136	University of South Carolina-Upstate	SC	$33,040	$35,612	$19,000
137	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$33,038	$41,933	$18,000
138	Columbia College Chicago	IL	$33,028	$42,176	$26,000
139	Syracuse University	NY	$32,998	$43,988	$27,000
140	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$32,900	$46,502	$20,750
141	Salisbury University	MD	$32,838	$44,514	$21,875
142	University at Buffalo	NY	$32,829	$43,584	$19,019
143	Oakland University	MI	$32,777	$44,270	$25,000
144	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$32,773	$41,722	$15,325
145	Montserrat College of Art	MA	$32,729	$37,179	$27,000
146	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$32,670	$43,138	$21,500
147	Lander University	SC	$32,638	$40,202	$26,500
148	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$32,607	$41,383	$18,263
149	Maine College of Art & Design	ME	$32,602	$34,720	$27,000
150	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$32,554	$53,805	$12,500
151	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$32,554	$53,805	$12,500
152	Jacksonville State University	AL	$32,546	$41,659	$19,292
153	Anderson University	SC	$32,535	—	$24,961
154	Montclair State University	NJ	$32,498	$43,564	$16,750
155	Bridgewater State University	MA	$32,454	$45,747	$25,507
156	Columbus State University	GA	$32,437	$35,560	$24,000
157	Southwestern University	TX	$32,432	—	$21,250
158	Eastern Illinois University	IL	$32,430	$39,923	$17,864
159	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$32,346	$42,771	$20,220
160	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$32,326	$40,386	$19,934
161	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$32,317	$43,364	$19,500
162	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$32,303	$41,550	$24,032
163	Grand Valley State University	MI	$32,226	$39,307	$26,697
164	Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	$32,179	$40,307	$20,334
165	Brigham Young University	UT	$32,120	$47,405	$14,166
166	Messiah University	PA	$32,113	$41,649	$26,000
167	University of Southern California	CA	$32,077	$72,428	$19,875
168	University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	OK	$32,014	$28,426	—
169	Cleveland Institute of Art	OH	$31,979	$33,253	$27,000
170	University of North Texas	TX	$31,935	$47,639	$21,000
171	Michigan State University	MI	$31,909	$50,098	—
172	Angelo State University	TX	$31,892	$34,802	$12,391
173	The University of Alabama	AL	$31,889	$41,100	$26,169
174	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$31,875	$38,390	$17,842
175	Lee University	TN	$31,854	$39,988	—
176	San Francisco State University	CA	$31,796	$42,868	$18,000
177	Marist University	NY	$31,771	$55,296	$19,250
178	Biola University	CA	$31,764	$47,596	—
179	Purdue University Fort Wayne	IN	$31,717	$37,718	$20,500
180	Western Michigan University	MI	$31,698	$36,615	$27,066
181	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$31,611	$34,383	$18,367
182	Murray State University	KY	$31,582	$38,192	$23,000
183	Olivet Nazarene University	IL	$31,462	$38,544	$26,000
184	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$31,456	$36,036	$27,000
185	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$31,434	$43,271	—
186	College of Charleston	SC	$31,372	$38,378	$22,275
187	Midwestern State University	TX	$31,354	$49,896	—
188	East Carolina University	NC	$31,321	$45,817	$24,659
189	West Virginia University	WV	$31,299	$44,180	$18,829
190	Florida State University	FL	$31,284	$41,067	$17,473
191	Western Kentucky University	KY	$31,282	$45,957	$21,500
192	Kennesaw State University	GA	$31,254	$47,221	$22,906
193	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$31,198	$39,194	$21,500
194	Ball State University	IN	$31,189	$42,594	$24,031
195	Webster University	MO	$31,181	$37,871	$22,750
196	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$31,141	$52,450	$18,619
197	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$31,141	$52,450	$18,619
198	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$31,141	$52,450	$18,619
199	Kansas City Art Institute	MO	$31,133	$37,718	$27,000
200	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$31,106	$36,511	$19,500
201	Winthrop University	SC	$31,083	$37,440	$27,000
202	SUNY Buffalo State University	NY	$30,948	$45,222	$21,500
203	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	PA	$30,936	$40,036	$26,000
204	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$30,936	$40,036	$26,000
205	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto	PA	$30,936	$40,036	$26,000
206	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$30,936	$40,036	$26,000
207	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$30,936	$40,036	$26,000
208	Luther College	IA	$30,922	$43,646	—
209	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$30,910	$34,704	$27,855
210	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$30,908	$38,330	$12,404
211	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$30,873	$41,924	$20,397
212	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$30,835	$44,569	—
213	Pace University	NY	$30,789	$50,623	$19,500
214	St Olaf College	MN	$30,741	$44,287	$24,699
215	Western Illinois University	IL	$30,666	$35,703	$22,847
216	Augusta University	GA	$30,661	$25,770	—
217	University of Maine	ME	$30,640	$44,876	$19,000
218	University of Arkansas	AR	$30,625	$42,681	$19,125
219	Southeast Missouri State University	MO	$30,553	$36,531	$25,000
220	Northern Michigan University	MI	$30,517	$36,228	$22,220
221	University of Vermont	VT	$30,477	$53,191	$22,815
222	Skidmore College	NY	$30,395	$53,602	$19,000
223	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	MA	$30,360	$40,999	$24,875
224	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$30,356	$41,969	$15,050
225	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$30,343	$37,730	$19,500
226	Emporia State University	KS	$30,326	$34,355	—
227	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$30,307	$47,730	$19,125
228	Arcadia University	PA	$30,230	$37,489	$27,000
229	Francis Marion University	SC	$30,228	$29,602	$26,000
230	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$30,217	$55,891	—
231	Temple University	PA	$30,212	$42,126	$25,125
232	Albright College	PA	$30,204	$44,441	—
233	Indiana University-Northwest	IN	$30,190	—	—
234	Eastern Washington University	WA	$30,172	$42,909	—
235	University of Connecticut	CT	$30,166	$50,952	$21,888
236	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$30,166	$50,952	$21,888
237	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$30,166	$50,952	$21,888
238	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$30,166	$50,952	$21,888
239	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$30,166	$50,952	$21,888
240	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	$30,156	$30,592	$19,318
241	University of Toledo	OH	$30,149	$33,409	$26,910
242	Portland State University	OR	$30,133	$40,731	$19,122
243	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$30,066	$41,225	$26,625
244	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$30,025	$43,816	$22,596
245	Oregon State University	OR	$30,013	—	—
246	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$30,013	—	—
247	Indiana University-South Bend	IN	$29,973	$38,663	—
248	University of Montevallo	AL	$29,933	$35,921	$24,363
249	Northern Illinois University	IL	$29,916	$44,202	$19,375
250	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$29,894	$42,192	$20,000
251	Valdosta State University	GA	$29,893	$31,539	$26,402
252	Smith College	MA	$29,890	$43,354	$10,000
253	University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne	IN	$29,837	—	—
254	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$29,796	$36,233	—
255	University of Memphis	TN	$29,768	$48,064	$23,574
256	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$29,759	$33,682	$22,875
257	New Jersey City University	NJ	$29,714	$41,077	$21,525
258	Lewis & Clark College	OR	$29,675	$42,788	—
259	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$29,670	$53,726	—
260	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$29,467	$37,025	$28,123
261	University of Central Missouri	MO	$29,466	$36,421	$19,500
262	University of North Georgia	GA	$29,462	$42,745	$20,888
263	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	$29,373	$41,997	$25,577
264	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$29,331	$44,760	$18,174
265	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$29,262	$44,298	$23,000
266	CUNY Queens College	NY	$29,252	$37,764	—
267	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$29,226	$43,690	$20,500
268	University of South Florida	FL	$29,217	$38,820	$17,924
269	Central Michigan University	MI	$29,214	$40,181	—
270	Savannah College of Art and Design	GA	$29,166	$41,153	$25,000
271	Texas State University	TX	$29,125	$44,934	$25,000
272	University of Oregon	OR	$29,094	$44,958	$17,768
273	New England College	NH	$29,051	$45,694	$24,861
274	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$29,031	$40,783	$12,500
275	Kent State University at Stark	OH	$29,021	$35,710	$27,000
276	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$29,021	$35,710	$27,000
277	SUNY College at Potsdam	NY	$29,016	$30,688	$27,000
278	Georgia Southern University	GA	$28,948	$34,659	$15,250
279	Florida International University	FL	$28,930	$40,653	$14,881
280	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$28,901	$44,365	$13,625
281	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$28,838	$40,156	$15,117
282	Auburn University at Montgomery	AL	$28,812	$31,804	$27,675
283	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$28,801	$52,302	$18,000
284	Western Oregon University	OR	$28,798	$30,437	—
285	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	PA	$28,729	$34,337	$27,000
286	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	IL	$28,510	$45,602	$27,000
287	University of California-Davis	CA	$28,396	$40,453	$12,250
288	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	NC	$28,361	$36,793	$22,234
289	Frostburg State University	MD	$28,312	$45,220	—
290	The New School	NY	$28,294	$42,798	$19,500
291	Pennsylvania Western University	PA	$28,267	$37,684	$26,436
292	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$28,106	$41,549	$25,971
293	University of Southern Indiana	IN	$28,084	$38,619	$19,033
294	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$28,025	$42,362	$12,000
295	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$27,995	$30,319	$18,195
296	California State University-Northridge	CA	$27,943	$42,904	$15,000
297	University of New Orleans	LA	$27,933	$26,737	$18,540
298	Vermont State University	VT	$27,928	$37,925	—
299	University of Florida	FL	$27,922	$39,332	$10,932
300	University of Central Florida	FL	$27,921	$46,779	$18,272

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 fine and studio arts graduates earn?

The median college reports $31,083 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in fine and studio arts and $41,705 four years after. The highest is $51,155 at Hobart William Smith Colleges.

How much student debt do fine and studio arts graduates have?

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