Bachelor's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Temple University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $30,247
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,678
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $98k (likely $98k – $119k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.3 years (likely 13.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$233k (likely −$285k – −$198k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$131k (likely −$216k – −$41k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 73%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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🎨 Getting ready in high school
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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Other majors at Temple University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$214,825
- Dentistry (First professional)$183,560
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$155,271
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$149,741
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$134,752
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,874
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$128,438
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Master's)$118,378
- Law (First professional)$117,775
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$117,753
- Medicine (First professional)$113,007
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,473
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at other schools in Pennsylvania
- DeSales University$46,847
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$43,919
- Drexel University$42,980
- Point Park University$41,751
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$37,066