Bachelor's · Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Is Fine and Studio Arts at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 14.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,734
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,182
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $68k (likely $68k – $92k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 14.4 years (likely 8.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$210k (likely −$285k – −$145k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$123k (likely −$251k – $19k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 62%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$136,439
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$129,249
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$106,724
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$90,193
- Physics (Bachelor's)$87,033
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$83,027
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$83,018
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$80,564
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$78,912
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$75,724
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$70,891
- International Business (Bachelor's)$70,219
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$50,189
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$49,967
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$49,506
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$48,684
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$44,788
- Lawrence University$44,313
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$42,771
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$42,271
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$41,997
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls$41,705