Master's · Providence, Rhode Island
Is Fine and Studio Arts at Rhode Island School of Design 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
- $45,994
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,789
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$20k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in RI
- 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
- −$424k (likely −$501k – −$342k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$588k (likely −$751k – −$417k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Rhode Island School of Design
- Design and Applied Arts (Master's)$93,136
- Architectural Sciences and Technology (Master's)$80,220
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$67,771
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- Apparel and Textiles (Bachelor's)$59,372
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor's)$51,278
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's)$40,844
- Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor's)$40,568
- Woodworking (Bachelor's)$37,055