Bachelor's · Visual and Performing Arts

Visual and Performing Arts, General (Bachelor's): earnings by school

88 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$30,968
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$41,156
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$21,875
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 65 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $37,825 and $46,944. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Gnomon CA$60,803—$29,500
Champlain College VT$28,802$57,883$27,000
Texas A&M University-College Station TX—$57,002—
George Mason University VA$32,948$54,703$18,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX$34,774$53,829$20,500
University of Central Florida FL$32,957$52,922$17,750
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$34,992$50,205$16,962
Lesley University MA$24,703$49,175$25,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$30,186$48,589$25,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$30,186$48,589$25,000
University of Advancing Technology AZ$30,508$48,112$31,718
California State University-San Marcos CA$31,526$48,043$15,000
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater WI$33,165$47,819$23,250
University of Florida FL$31,197$47,546$11,178
University of Florida-Online FL$31,197$47,546$11,178
SUNY Oneonta NY$35,893$47,321$21,050
Otis College of Art and Design CA$31,484$47,220$27,000
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$29,156$46,944$26,857
Hamline University MN$46,009——
University of California-San Diego CA$32,584$45,915$12,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona PA—$45,170—
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA—$45,170—
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington PA—$45,170—
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA—$45,170—
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$32,362$44,091—
Longwood University VA$36,199$44,066$25,595
Empire State University NY—$43,473—
Academy of Art University CA$29,459$43,084$31,688
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ$27,351$43,063$24,000
Southern Oregon University OR$34,444$43,044—
Christopher Newport University VA$27,952$42,907$24,250
Temple University PA—$42,731—
Grand Canyon University AZ$32,850$42,219$26,000
University of Mary Washington VA$32,807$41,509—
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University NJ$24,943$41,156$26,393
Montclair State University NJ$24,943$41,156$26,393
University of Wisconsin-Stout WI$32,707$41,129$21,500
State University of New York at New Paltz NY$27,619$41,097$19,500
University of Kentucky KY$33,806$40,538$19,125
University of North Carolina Asheville NC$29,482$40,444$17,900
University of Southern California CA$40,240—$17,250
Stockton University NJ$34,650$40,199$24,742
Bennington College VT$20,353$39,958$27,000
SUNY at Purchase College NY$23,710$39,791$25,000
Utah Tech University UT$39,530——
Iowa State University IA$33,710$39,403—
Worcester State University MA—$39,037—
Mississippi State University MS$32,497$38,939$27,000
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA$25,957$38,676$21,500
University of Southern Mississippi MS—$38,599$25,000
Rogers State University OK$20,696$37,996—
The University of Tennessee-Martin TN$30,139$37,930$22,250
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$33,812$37,825$20,500
University of Houston-Downtown TX$28,831$37,668$18,625
University of Colorado Colorado Springs CO$26,731$37,628$28,476
The College of Westchester NY$37,133——
Wichita State University KS$29,440$37,012$23,250
Full Sail University FL$29,577$36,870$30,766
Oregon State University OR—$35,819—
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR—$35,819—
College of the Holy Cross MA$35,473——
Marshall University WV$26,978$35,126$26,025
Stetson University FL$24,419$35,045$19,500
SUNY College at Potsdam NY—$33,743—
Southeast Missouri State University MO$29,290$33,293$18,500
Jackson State University MS$28,572$33,213—
Savannah State University GA—$33,175—
University of Illinois Chicago IL$33,166——
Salem State University MA$34,366$32,484$25,000
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts MA$32,340—$20,681
Florida Gulf Coast University FL$31,793—$18,736
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$30,968—$19,250
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA$30,243—$25,250
Kennesaw State University GA$29,229—$19,750
Mississippi University for Women MS—$29,090—
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$27,522$27,875$18,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$26,970—$26,000
California State University-Channel Islands CA$26,760——
Azusa Pacific University CA$26,507—$18,700
Willamette University OR$24,146——
Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico PR—$23,558—
Delta State University MS$22,847——
Moore College of Art and Design PA$20,838—$27,000