Bachelor's · Saint Augustine, Florida
Is Design and Applied Arts at Flagler College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,448
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,399
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $135k (likely $135k – $162k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.8 years (likely 9.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$199k (likely −$272k – −$132k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$17k (likely −$154k – $148k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$64,168
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,113
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,703
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$53,353
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$53,263
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$49,797
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$49,104
- Criminology (Bachelor's)$48,913
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's)$48,085
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$47,078
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Florida
- Florida State University$73,888
- University of Florida$65,656
- University of South Florida$54,770
- Seminole State College of Florida$51,719
- Ringling College of Art and Design$47,937
- Rasmussen University-Florida$46,610
- Full Sail University$44,962
- The University of Tampa$36,902
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University$35,817
- Southeastern University$22,876