PlainCollege

Fine and Studio Arts

285
Schools
Master's
Credential Level
$36,871
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$17,249
25th %ile
$27,506
Median
$37,186
75th %ile
$44,878
Max
$85,830
$17,249 $85,830

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC — $85,830 $20,500
University of California-Los Angeles CA 15 $63,180 —
The New School NY 68 $60,649 $50,192
The University of Texas at Austin TX 17 $57,515 —
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY NY 68 $57,040 $84,517
University of California-Santa Cruz CA 2 $56,504 —
University of Nebraska at Kearney NE 18 $56,226 $25,237
George Mason University VA 7 $55,647 —
Duke University NC 10 $50,324 —
University of Northern Colorado CO 13 $49,389 —
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM 13 $47,852 $34,701
California College of the Arts CA 27 $47,094 $51,870
George Washington University DC 7 $46,810 —
University of Florida FL 23 $46,680 $46,536
University of Houston TX 20 $46,550 —
School of Visual Arts NY 55 $46,216 $66,507
Pratt Institute-Main NY 39 $46,120 $132,594
Tufts University MA 17 $45,718 $41,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO 17 $45,562 —
Claremont Graduate University CA 17 $45,372 $111,000
University of Iowa IA 40 $45,112 —
Eastern Illinois University IL 43 $44,971 $14,627
University of Denver CO 13 $44,922 —
New York University NY 50 $44,902 $93,840
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA 14 $44,878 $41,000
University of Oregon OR 7 $44,103 —
University of Hartford CT 14 $43,843 —
CUNY Hunter College NY 35 $43,391 $55,875
Azusa Pacific University CA 30 $42,682 $41,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA 5 $42,522 —
Savannah College of Art and Design GA 53 $42,119 $81,000
California State University-Long Beach CA 20 $41,856 $47,000
Pacific Northwest College of Art OR 26 $41,570 $90,387
State University of New York at New Paltz NY 13 $41,558 —
American University DC 19 $40,687 $51,250
Texas Woman's University TX 1 $40,485 —
University of Pennsylvania PA 24 $40,194 —
Minneapolis College of Art and Design MN 19 $39,860 —
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL 169 $39,772 $69,783
CUNY City College NY 18 $39,743 —
Northern Illinois University IL 9 $39,327 —
Bard College NY 30 $38,944 $41,000
Cranbrook Academy of Art MI 37 $38,530 $69,760
Florida State University FL 16 $38,093 —
Southern New Hampshire University NH 33 $37,982 —
Virginia Commonwealth University VA 26 $37,788 $31,145
California Institute of the Arts CA 16 $37,547 —
Academy of Art University CA 58 $37,322 $91,156
Indiana University-Bloomington IN 19 $37,186 $35,755
Kent State University at Kent OH 13 $36,727 —
Boston University MA 25 $36,677 —
Maryland Institute College of Art MD 35 $36,553 $98,610
University of South Florida FL 16 $36,542 $19,504
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 52 $36,488 $33,102
Temple University PA 25 $36,102 $41,000
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN 9 $35,321 —
Rhode Island School of Design RI 36 $35,029 $42,005
University of North Texas TX 23 $34,024 —
California State University-Fullerton CA 18 $33,993 —
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA 32 $33,829 $74,886
University of Georgia GA 15 $33,615 $29,712
Michigan State University MI 4 $32,569 —
Portland State University OR 6 $32,391 —
Texas Christian University TX 8 $30,771 —
Lesley University MA 23 $29,891 $41,000
East Carolina University NC 12 $29,685 —
Washington State University WA 7 $29,685 —
University of California-Davis CA 16 $29,639 —
University of Kansas KS 18 $29,107 —
Syracuse University NY 24 $28,444 $53,086
Georgia State University GA 13 $27,823 —
Norwich University VT — $27,644 $41,000
University of Delaware DE 10 $27,506 —
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 15 $27,494 —
The University of Texas at Arlington TX 4 $26,896 —
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 22 $26,739 $61,500
Alfred University NY 17 $26,121 —
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI 11 $25,395 —
Ohio University-Main Campus OH 11 $24,894 —
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH 13 $24,263 —
Maine College of Art & Design ME 16 $24,035 $83,358
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 4 $24,035 —
New York Academy of Art NY 45 $23,594 —
University of California-Irvine CA 10 $23,267 —
Washington University in St Louis MO 17 $22,771 —
Otis College of Art and Design CA 17 $22,667 —
University at Albany NY 16 $22,667 $20,500
Yale University CT 55 $22,482 $36,700
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 23 $21,964 $20,450
University of Arizona AZ 13 $21,508 $29,037
California State University-Northridge CA 12 $21,508 —
University of Southern California CA 18 $21,508 —
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL 5 $21,508 —
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 7 $19,401 —
University at Buffalo NY 18 $18,671 —
Tulane University of Louisiana LA 8 $17,624 —
Art Center College of Design CA 1 $17,249 —

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.