Bachelor's degree · Visual and performing arts · CIP 50.07
Fine and Studio Arts: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 993 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Fine and Studio Arts, together awarding 24,419 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $31,198 one year after finishing and $44,082 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Fine and Studio Arts programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 305 of 971; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Fine and Studio Arts
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 702 | $28,510 | $46,176 | $27,000 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 447 | $28,901 | $45,259 | $14,928 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 418 | $26,554 | $47,921 | $13,140 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 320 | $27,943 | $51,743 | $15,779 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 285 | $27,669 | $34,455 | $15,614 |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 279 | $31,935 | $47,756 | $22,500 |
| Full Sail University Winter Park · Private for-profit | FL | 274 | $27,721 | $42,474 | $32,500 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 220 | $34,173 | $47,368 | $24,000 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 200 | n/a | $63,473 | $15,000 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 171 | $34,173 | $47,368 | $24,000 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 163 | $38,697 | $71,088 | $20,375 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 163 | $29,094 | $41,231 | $19,511 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 163 | $32,554 | $62,269 | $14,000 |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 161 | $29,031 | $46,080 | $12,750 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 158 | $27,921 | $45,903 | $20,813 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 155 | $38,967 | $52,376 | $23,996 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 154 | $41,153 | $58,595 | $18,500 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 144 | $28,838 | $46,878 | $15,225 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 142 | $32,317 | $49,603 | $19,500 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 141 | $38,534 | $53,130 | $19,500 |
| Towson University Towson · Public | MD | 135 | $34,061 | $52,559 | $22,475 |
| California State University-East Bay Hayward · Public | CA | 133 | $34,224 | $57,729 | $16,500 |
| Rhode Island School of Design Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 133 | $24,782 | $40,876 | $27,000 |
| Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson · Private nonprofit | NY | 132 | $23,851 | $37,100 | $27,000 |
| Georgia State University Atlanta · Public | GA | 131 | $36,853 | $44,234 | $27,958 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 124 | $29,217 | $44,088 | $18,750 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 118 | $34,406 | $48,518 | $10,900 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 118 | $34,619 | $56,057 | $14,800 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg · Private nonprofit | ID | 117 | $23,988 | $39,759 | $14,131 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 117 | $31,254 | $49,134 | $25,468 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 116 | $33,458 | $44,950 | $21,000 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 115 | $33,711 | $55,308 | $10,979 |
| Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 113 | $25,741 | $42,428 | $23,456 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 109 | $29,331 | $44,469 | $19,126 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 108 | $30,307 | $54,160 | $19,500 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · Public | TX | 107 | $22,849 | $36,812 | $12,440 |
| Tufts University Medford · Private nonprofit | MA | 106 | $43,515 | $49,799 | $18,500 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 105 | $31,284 | $48,362 | $18,164 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston · Public | MA | 104 | $30,360 | $42,719 | $25,965 |
| Pennsylvania Western University California · Public | PA | 102 | $28,267 | $40,022 | $27,000 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 102 | $33,418 | $45,680 | $19,229 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 101 | $33,532 | $57,732 | $17,500 |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 100 | $36,862 | $50,617 | $24,250 |
| Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn · Private nonprofit | NY | 99 | $24,471 | $49,867 | $26,000 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 99 | $32,303 | $39,088 | $27,500 |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis · Public | IN | 96 | $33,965 | $47,113 | $24,732 |
| CUNY City College New York · Public | NY | 95 | $33,271 | $51,515 | $12,500 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 94 | $27,801 | $44,312 | $12,100 |
| Illinois State University Normal · Public | IL | 92 | $37,696 | $49,470 | $19,700 |
| CUNY Hunter College New York · Public | NY | 91 | $34,713 | $60,395 | $12,000 |
Quick facts: Fine and Studio Arts
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Fine and Studio Arts?
- The College Scorecard lists 993 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Fine and Studio Arts.
- How much do Fine and Studio Arts graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $31,198 one year after graduation (381 institutions reporting) and $44,082 five years after graduation (402 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Fine and Studio Arts graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Brown University ($80,760), Binghamton University ($72,959), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($72,638), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ($71,088), and Connecticut College ($71,040).
- How much student debt do Fine and Studio Arts graduates have?
- The median institution's Fine and Studio Arts graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans (346 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Fine and Studio Arts degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (702), California State University-Fullerton (447), California State University-Long Beach (418), California State University-Northridge (320), and San Diego State University (285).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Fine and Studio Arts (CIP code 50.07), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.