Bachelor's · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Is Fine and Studio Arts at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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 12.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,799
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,108
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,939
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $66k (likely $66k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.1 years (likely 8.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$191k (likely −$271k – −$146k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$85k (likely −$185k – $25k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- 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 / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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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 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Business/Commerce, General (Undergraduate certificate)$118,137
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$117,537
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$101,139
- Engineering, General (Master's)$100,965
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$97,708
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,849
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$92,342
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,955
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$86,405
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$83,942
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$83,414
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$82,763
Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$50,189
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$49,967
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$49,506
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$48,684
- Lawrence University$44,313
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,995
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$42,771
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$42,271
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$41,997
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls$41,705