Bachelor's · Columbus, Ohio
Is Design and Applied Arts at Franklin 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,584
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,312
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $121k (likely $121k – $121k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.7 years (likely 4.7–10.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$49k (likely −$156k – $93k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $297k (likely $71k – $605k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 21%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Franklin University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$112,102
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$111,131
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$107,719
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$102,099
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$99,898
- Data Analytics (Master's)$97,111
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,981
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$77,623
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$77,175
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$76,478
- Marketing (Master's)$76,257
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$74,875
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Ohio
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$71,605
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$68,151
- Miami University-Oxford$67,981
- University of Dayton$66,679
- Kent State University at Kent$56,540
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus$54,274
- Cedarville University$51,813
- University of Akron Main Campus$50,484
- Ohio University-Eastern Campus$49,553
- Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus$49,553