Design and Applied Arts: earnings by state

What Design and Applied Arts graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Design and Applied Arts typically earn most 4 years out in Washington ($73,225) and least in Missouri ($46,262). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama—
Alaska—
Arizona$52k
Arkansas$51k
California$63k
Colorado$66k
Connecticut$55k
Delaware—
District of Columbia—
Florida$51k
Georgia$48k
Hawaii—
Idaho—
Illinois$61k
Indiana$57k
Iowa$51k
Kansas$57k
Kentucky$57k
Louisiana—
Maine—
Maryland$53k
Massachusetts$60k
Michigan$58k
Minnesota$51k
Mississippi—
Missouri$46k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire$54k
New Jersey$58k
New Mexico—
New York$57k
North Carolina$59k
North Dakota—
Ohio$53k
Oklahoma$61k
Oregon$65k
Pennsylvania$57k
Rhode Island—
South Carolina$47k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$58k
Texas$62k
Utah$63k
Vermont—
Virginia$59k
Washington$73k
West Virginia—
Wisconsin$50k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
Washington$73,2258
Colorado$66,2243
Oregon$64,9135
Utah$63,3784
California$62,82430
Texas$62,03413
Illinois$61,43113
Oklahoma$61,1803
Massachusetts$60,15912
North Carolina$59,5009
Virginia$58,6586
Tennessee$58,2706
New Jersey$57,8338
Michigan$57,7368
Indiana$57,4817
Kentucky$57,3093
Pennsylvania$57,26417
New York$57,17420
Kansas$56,9564
Connecticut$55,4325
New Hampshire$54,2513
Ohio$53,22621
Maryland$53,0614
Arizona$52,3785
Florida$51,4909
Minnesota$51,3358
Iowa$51,2745
Arkansas$50,7507
Wisconsin$49,94010
Georgia$47,5826
South Carolina$47,4995
Missouri$46,2629

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