Bachelor's · Burlington, Vermont
Is Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Champlain College 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
- $32,437
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $38,609
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,917
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $168k (likely $168k – $208k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VT
- 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
- −$464k (likely −$544k – −$392k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$498k (likely −$626k – −$353k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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 Champlain College
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$145,009
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$134,853
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$115,119
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,253
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$112,282
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$108,994
- Human Resources Management and Services (Graduate certificate)$103,592
- Security Science and Technology (Bachelor's)$101,401
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- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$97,753
- Security Science and Technology (Undergraduate certificate)$93,975
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Graduate certificate)$93,818
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at other schools in Vermont
- University of Vermont$32,100