Bachelor's · Evansville, Indiana
Is Fine and Studio Arts at University of Southern Indiana worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $30,166
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $41,481
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,033
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $57k (likely $57k – $74k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$222k (likely −$291k – −$163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$167k (likely −$286k – −$31k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- 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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- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$69,078
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Indiana
- Indiana University-Bloomington$43,816
- Ball State University$42,594
- Indiana University-Southeast$42,084
- Indiana University-Indianapolis$41,629
- Indiana University-South Bend$38,663
- Indiana State University$38,331
- Purdue University Fort Wayne$37,718
- Purdue University-Main Campus$34,754
- Indiana University-Northwest$30,190
- University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne$29,837