Bachelor's · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Is Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 17.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $28,751
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $41,157
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,281
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $82k (likely $82k – $111k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.3 years (likely 9.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$214k (likely −$295k – −$142k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$126k (likely −$266k – $33k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward art, design & performance majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP 2-D Art and Design
- AP Drawing
- AP Art History
- AP Music Theory
IB Higher Level
- Visual Arts HL
- Music HL or Theatre HL or Film HL
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