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Master's · Visual and Performing Arts

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (Master's): earnings by school

46 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$42,359
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$52,930
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$66,322
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 41 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $48,879 and $57,920. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY—$77,516—
University of Idaho ID$48,037$70,605$41,000
San Diego State University CA—$67,588—
CUNY Brooklyn College NY$50,100$64,923$36,920
East Texas A&M University TX$53,201$62,924$33,890
University of Houston TX—$62,281—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$43,526$59,013—
Regent University VA$42,359$58,972$42,197
Florida State University FL$45,486$58,724$61,500
New York University NY$35,338$58,054$107,704
California Institute of the Arts CA$39,953$57,920$106,392
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$46,694$57,723$127,000
The University of Alabama AL—$57,026—
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC$59,261$56,064$65,729
University of Northern Colorado CO—$54,468—
Emerson College MA$49,506$53,881$41,000
University of Southern California CA$45,637$53,569$99,370
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV—$53,150—
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$39,821$53,128—
Loyola Marymount University CA$45,045$52,957$108,602
Carnegie Mellon University PA$57,438$52,930$77,283
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA—$52,495—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$42,557$52,436—
DePaul University IL$43,612$51,971$66,916
The New School NY—$51,836—
Hollins University VA—$50,189—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$49,539$49,771—
Wayne State University MI—$49,640—
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$39,194$49,306—
Villanova University PA$46,203$49,302—
Texas Tech University TX$36,856$48,879—
University of California-San Diego CA$40,283$48,041—
Savannah College of Art and Design GA$39,313$47,617$47,833
Stephens College MO—$46,746—
Northern Illinois University IL—$42,708—
Chapman University CA$29,730$41,394$150,568
Pace University NY$46,521$38,903$139,152
Mary Baldwin University VA$38,862$37,495$61,036
Brown University RI—$37,270—
California State University-Fullerton CA$37,586$36,154—
Yale University CT$31,728—$19,143
New York Film Academy CA$24,416$30,262$111,332
University of California-Irvine CA$30,159——
George Washington University DC$29,210—$50,727
Maharishi International University IA$24,379—$69,140
California State University-Northridge CA$21,997——