Bachelor's · Glenside, Pennsylvania
Is Fine and Studio Arts at Arcadia University 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
- $32,471
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $40,268
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $108k (likely $108k – $111k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $1k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 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
- −$288k (likely −$367k – −$203k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$240k (likely −$404k – −$43k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 58%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Fine and Studio Arts at other schools
Other majors at Arcadia University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$132,612
- Public Health (Master's)$116,631
- International Business (Master's)$95,337
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$88,514
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$86,116
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$84,021
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$73,901
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$73,377
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$69,227
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$68,618
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$67,378
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$66,995
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$57,705
- Moravian University$54,090
- Carnegie Mellon University$53,726
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania$44,816
- University of Pennsylvania$44,735
- Albright College$44,441
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$43,017
- Temple University$42,126
- Messiah University$41,649
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton$40,036