Bachelor's · Reading, Pennsylvania
Is Fine and Studio Arts at Albright College 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 13.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $32,443
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,735
- 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
- $87k (likely $87k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.4 years (likely 7.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$203k (likely −$293k – −$112k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$74k (likely −$251k – $128k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 51%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Fine and Studio Arts at other schools
Other majors at Albright College
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$108,846
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$82,073
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$73,318
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$64,702
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Bachelor's)$60,589
- Criminology (Bachelor's)$58,540
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$55,892
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$55,100
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$53,702
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$52,443
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$51,507
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$51,149
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$57,705
- Moravian University$54,090
- Carnegie Mellon University$53,726
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania$44,816
- University of Pennsylvania$44,735
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$43,017
- Temple University$42,126
- Messiah University$41,649
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton$40,036
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$40,036