Bachelor's · Parkville, Missouri
Is Design and Applied Arts at Park University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 8.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,671
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $81k (likely $81k – $107k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.6 years (likely 4.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$141k (likely −$246k – −$4k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $18k (likely −$190k – $298k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 36%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Design and Applied Arts at other schools
Other majors at Park University
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$87,051
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$85,568
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$85,162
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$85,049
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$82,973
- Public Administration (Master's)$80,800
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$78,561
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$75,902
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$71,051
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$69,415
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$68,135
- Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's)$65,890
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Missouri
- Washington University in St Louis$67,771
- Maryville University of Saint Louis$52,185
- Missouri State University-Springfield$50,814
- Kansas City Art Institute$43,070
- University of Central Missouri$42,778
- Missouri Western State University$41,728
- Webster University$40,397
- Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts$40,288
- Northwest Missouri State University$38,630
- Drury University$37,672