Bachelor's · Visual and Performing Arts

Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor's): earnings by school

166 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$31,401
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$45,152
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$21,488
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 143 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $39,976 and $50,086. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of California-Berkeley CA$35,898$70,963$12,979
Chapman University CA$40,622$66,494$19,500
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$29,996$63,679$20,375
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$29,996$63,679$20,375
Seattle University WA—$62,385$20,500
Loyola Marymount University CA$40,146$61,500$20,000
Tufts University MA$46,529$59,960$17,900
New York University NY$36,652$58,720$19,750
University of Southern California CA$34,718$58,623$17,000
University of California-Davis CA$31,184$57,999$12,800
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$34,262$57,059$19,500
Marymount Manhattan College NY$38,749$55,285$25,000
Fordham University NY$37,428$54,738$24,250
Syracuse University NY$39,522$54,115$26,602
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) MA$33,723$54,106$23,000
Brigham Young University UT$41,055$53,695$11,250
Rochester Institute of Technology NY$34,410$52,970$27,000
University of California-Riverside CA$29,349$52,699$15,500
American University DC$38,663$52,661$19,500
Pace University NY$32,142$52,368$19,500
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$41,207$52,105$18,499
Quinnipiac University CT$34,820$52,094$20,000
University of Miami FL$33,820$52,032$16,750
University of California-Irvine CA$30,830$51,423$12,853
College of Staten Island CUNY NY$23,051$51,363—
Rhode Island School of Design RI—$51,278$27,000
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA$26,431$51,139$25,034
University of California-Los Angeles CA$26,650$50,904$17,484
Southern New Hampshire University NH$32,896$50,871$23,816
Montclair State University NJ$24,623$50,790$18,000
University of Maryland-College Park MD—$50,713—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$29,365$50,565$22,128
University of Oregon OR$25,155$50,499$20,171
Taylor University IN$37,367$50,403$24,102
Woodbury University CA$37,153$50,387—
George Mason University VA$31,212$50,086$19,500
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA—$50,008—
George Fox University OR$27,961$50,003—
Emerson College MA$38,235$49,951$21,500
Art Center College of Design CA—$49,933$27,541
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$35,065$49,893$11,125
University of Utah UT$31,407$49,841$20,500
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$35,187$49,759$20,500
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$35,187$49,759$20,500
Eastern Michigan University MI$31,248$49,388—
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$25,155$49,192$19,826
Northern Arizona University AZ$28,298$48,800—
The New School NY$26,072$48,557$21,477
University of Toledo OH—$48,250—
University of Iowa IA$30,998$47,892$19,125
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$33,054$47,707$20,478
San Francisco State University CA$32,668$47,149$15,305
Mount Saint Mary's University CA$41,871$47,091$27,000
DePaul University IL$34,376$46,969$23,000
California State University-Northridge CA$31,506$46,913$12,000
Pratt Institute-Main NY$24,644$46,874$24,500
DeSales University PA$27,477$46,847$26,000
CUNY City College NY$34,919$46,801—
Academy of Art University CA$39,840$46,726$32,000
Binghamton University NY$34,187$46,579$17,500
CUNY Hunter College NY$40,578$46,545$12,500
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA$17,326$46,245$20,969
Florida State University FL$32,415$46,180—
Huntington University IN$40,516$46,073$27,000
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ$23,305$45,958$24,437
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus NJ$23,305$45,958$24,437
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$26,183$45,815$15,000
Lesley University MA$35,733$45,508$25,539
Keene State College NH—$45,423$26,229
Western Michigan University MI$32,157$45,391$22,125
Montana State University MT$33,099$45,300$22,410
Central Washington University WA$32,728$45,152$15,000
University of Rhode Island RI$30,985$44,983$21,403
Ithaca College NY$30,451$44,829$21,500
University of Hartford CT$18,712$44,550$27,000
Calvin University MI$44,381——
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$31,375$44,232$24,976
University of Arizona AZ$39,945$44,145$16,276
CUNY Brooklyn College NY$26,359$44,032$11,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$35,470$43,919$21,500
Columbus College of Art & Design OH$33,524$43,661—
Grand Canyon University AZ$37,338$43,469$24,052
University at Buffalo NY$33,692$43,285$16,750
SUNY at Purchase College NY$30,260$43,265$20,500
Maryland Institute College of Art MD$29,600$43,227—
Oakland University MI$36,205$43,186$25,000
Liberty University VA—$43,025$26,253
Drexel University PA$36,908$42,980$21,500
Vassar College NY$39,220$42,956$19,000
Temple University PA$28,160$42,526$21,500
Georgia State University GA$28,413$42,457$20,791
California State University-Sacramento CA$37,636$42,392$14,478
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$24,957$42,317$23,000
The University of Tampa FL$32,677$42,090$21,250
Belmont University TN$36,527$42,033$24,500
Point Park University PA$27,723$41,751—
Savannah College of Art and Design GA$28,132$41,651$23,291
Portland State University OR$30,071$41,639$21,277
Maine College of Art & Design ME—$41,600—
School of Visual Arts NY$31,927$41,271$27,000
University of Central Florida FL$30,795$41,255$18,000
Columbia College Chicago IL$30,716$41,200$24,525
University of Kansas KS$34,952$41,191$18,375
Ringling College of Art and Design FL$28,078$41,024$27,000
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC$25,849$41,000$26,173
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$26,269$40,962$21,602
Utah Valley University UT$40,605—$11,991
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$29,546$40,592—
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$28,059$40,097—
Seattle Film Institute WA—$39,976$16,000
Occidental College CA$39,921—$24,903
University of Colorado Boulder CO$31,401$39,720$19,400
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$25,464$39,707$23,250
Emory University GA$39,518—$17,000
Texas State University TX$34,951$39,473—
Eastern Washington University WA—$39,404—
Grand Valley State University MI$27,609$39,082$21,500
Baylor University TX$39,080—$23,500
Stevenson University MD$31,612$38,813—
Brandeis University MA$38,797——
Biola University CA$38,619—$20,500
State University of New York at Oswego NY$36,983$38,429$15,244
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$29,940$37,958$17,875
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$17,991$37,880$14,769
Cleveland State University OH$26,570$37,745$22,000
University of Central Arkansas AR$25,352$37,484$24,000
Middle Tennessee State University TN$33,118$37,274$18,500
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$38,123$37,066$21,500
John Brown University AR$20,981$36,796$19,000
Clayton State University GA$26,025$36,510$24,000
Minnesota State University Moorhead MN$32,755$36,495$26,695
Marquette University WI$36,483—$26,000
The University of Montana MT$37,112$36,169$23,000
Champlain College VT$30,199$35,945$25,917
John Paul the Great Catholic University CA$27,871$35,917$23,716
College for Creative Studies MI$30,289$35,797$25,000
Saint Cloud State University MN—$35,421—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$35,421—$11,830
Webster University MO$33,276$35,407$25,000
Miami Dade College FL$31,362$35,402—
Wayne State University MI$31,158$35,157$21,797
Los Angeles Film School CA$30,469$35,151$44,684
Wright State University-Main Campus OH$20,909$34,673$26,000
Kansas City Art Institute MO$18,648$34,253—
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC$25,552$34,184$16,473
California Baptist University CA$34,130—$23,500
Full Sail University FL$28,554$33,579$31,000
California State University-Dominguez Hills CA$33,485—$12,750
Missouri State University-Springfield MO$33,310—$23,986
American InterContinental University-Atlanta GA—$32,318—
American InterContinental University System AZ—$32,318—
University of Vermont VT$35,588$32,100$19,500
Southern Methodist University TX$30,199—$21,500
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$29,812—$18,518
California Institute of the Arts CA$22,656$29,426$24,750
Georgia Gwinnett College GA$28,616—$20,182
New York Film Academy CA$22,445$28,275$30,750
University of Georgia GA$27,326——
Loyola University New Orleans LA$27,243—$26,000
Michigan State University MI$27,059——
Rider University NJ$26,671—$26,000
California College of the Arts CA$26,006——
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$25,019—$19,937
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA$23,848——
Five Towns College NY$22,458—$23,250
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon PR—$21,459$7,000