Bachelor's · Greenville, South Carolina
Is Design and Applied Arts at Bob Jones 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 19.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,106
- 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
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $62k (likely $62k – $62k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 19.4 years (likely 5.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$185k (likely −$257k – −$80k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$142k (likely −$294k – $76k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Bob Jones University
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$84,369
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$82,391
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$74,085
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$54,989
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$50,422
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$46,332
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$43,329
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Associate's)$39,838
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$34,964
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$34,335
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Bachelor's)$31,332
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in South Carolina
- Clemson University$66,150
- Winthrop University$54,194
- Anderson University$44,221
- Converse University$42,849
- Charleston Southern University$41,925
- Coastal Carolina University$40,150