Bachelor's · Madison, New Jersey
Is Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $36,251
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,301
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $105k (likely $105k – $128k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ
- 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
- −$336k (likely −$408k – −$269k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$366k (likely −$491k – −$223k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at other schools in New Jersey
- Ramapo College of New Jersey$44,565
- Rutgers University-Camden$42,712
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick$42,712
- Rutgers University-Newark$42,712
- Montclair State University$39,248
- Rowan University$38,597
- Drew University$38,562
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus$33,749
- Kean University$32,107