Bachelor's · Bluffton, South Carolina
Is Fine and Studio Arts at University of South Carolina Beaufort 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
- $23,456
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $88k (likely $88k – $111k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 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
- −$385k (likely −$456k – −$321k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$513k (likely −$619k – −$384k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 39%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of South Carolina Beaufort
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$47,705
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- Social Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$44,888
- Public Health (Bachelor's)$39,563
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$38,176
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in South Carolina
- Lander University$40,202
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$39,517
- College of Charleston$38,378
- Winthrop University$37,440
- Coastal Carolina University$36,007
- University of South Carolina-Upstate$35,612
- Clemson University$35,526
- Anderson University$32,535
- University of South Carolina Aiken$31,931
- Francis Marion University$29,602