Bachelor's · West Haven, Connecticut
Is Design and Applied Arts at University of New Haven worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $48,599
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $34,345
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $140k (likely $140k – $162k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$418k (likely −$483k – −$358k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$517k (likely −$617k – −$403k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 64%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (Master's)$88,786
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Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Connecticut
- Quinnipiac University$61,419
- Central Connecticut State University$57,214
- University of Hartford$51,607
- University of Bridgeport$47,973