Bachelor's · West Chester, Pennsylvania
Is Fine and Studio Arts at West Chester University of Pennsylvania worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $40,516
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,009
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $105k (likely $105k – $133k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 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
- −$266k (likely −$344k – −$198k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$235k (likely −$367k – −$95k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$147,635
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$123,422
- Public Administration (Doctoral)$109,792
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$98,013
- Statistics (Master's)$90,891
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,752
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$71,522
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$71,023
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$70,142
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$69,380
- Psychology, General (Master's)$66,610
- Public Health (Master's)$65,118
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
- Albright College$44,441
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$43,017
- Temple University$42,126
- Messiah University$41,649
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton$40,036