Bachelor's degree · Communications technologies · CIP 10.03
Graphic Communications: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 119 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Graphic Communications, together awarding 3,530 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $28,250 one year after finishing and $46,444 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $26,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Graphic Communications 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 38 of 118; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Graphic Communications
| Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah · Private nonprofit | GA | 539 | $25,130 | $46,314 | $24,158 |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota · Private nonprofit | FL | 139 | $47,561 | $93,383 | $27,000 |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 111 | $28,397 | $53,136 | $27,000 |
| Los Angeles Film School Hollywood · Private for-profit | CA | 105 | $34,277 | n/a | $48,031 |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena · Private nonprofit | CA | 95 | $48,298 | $92,786 | $29,875 |
| School of Visual Arts New York · Private for-profit | NY | 83 | $18,327 | $29,280 | $27,000 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 82 | $39,793 | $63,684 | $19,500 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 81 | $52,902 | $88,294 | $17,000 |
| College for Creative Studies Detroit · Private nonprofit | MI | 80 | $27,977 | $45,570 | $25,000 |
| Academy of Art University San Francisco · Private for-profit | CA | 77 | $30,612 | $55,269 | $35,893 |
| George Mason University Fairfax · Public | VA | 77 | $25,837 | $53,047 | $25,000 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi · Public | MD | 77 | $42,774 | $57,481 | $26,250 |
| DePaul University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 72 | $25,435 | $49,319 | $26,000 |
| Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn · Private nonprofit | NY | 65 | $29,217 | $38,426 | $27,000 |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond · Private for-profit | WA | 64 | $45,096 | $62,378 | $27,000 |
| Ferris State University Big Rapids · Public | MI | 63 | $31,443 | $46,567 | $27,000 |
| University of Hawaii-West Oahu Kapolei · Public | HI | 59 | $33,417 | n/a | $17,167 |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia · Private nonprofit | CA | 58 | n/a | n/a | $26,000 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu · Public | HI | 55 | $30,588 | $42,753 | $20,000 |
| California College of the Arts San Francisco · Private nonprofit | CA | 51 | $21,377 | $45,046 | $22,750 |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville · Public | TX | 51 | $24,737 | $42,545 | $25,000 |
| Indian River State College Fort Pierce · Public | FL | 48 | $25,764 | $49,604 | n/a |
| Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach · Private nonprofit | CA | 46 | $21,307 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Lakewood · Private for-profit | CO | 46 | $33,675 | $30,709 | $32,240 |
| East Tennessee State University Johnson City · Public | TN | 41 | $22,211 | $44,658 | $24,778 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · Public | NM | 41 | $24,984 | n/a | $20,114 |
| Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus · Private nonprofit | OH | 40 | $21,520 | $31,499 | $26,000 |
| Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 39 | $25,814 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Clark University Worcester · Private nonprofit | MA | 38 | $27,119 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Pittsburg State University Pittsburg · Public | KS | 34 | $40,509 | $50,618 | $18,500 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · Private nonprofit | NY | 34 | $33,520 | $82,887 | $27,000 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green · Public | OH | 33 | $42,672 | $53,219 | $27,000 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 33 | n/a | n/a | $20,497 |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore · Public | MD | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Puerto Rico-Carolina Carolina · Public | PR | 32 | $11,885 | $20,680 | n/a |
| Atlantic University Guaynabo · Private nonprofit | PR | 30 | n/a | $28,081 | $4,500 |
| Chapman University Orange · Private nonprofit | CA | 30 | $26,232 | n/a | $19,500 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville · Public | FL | 30 | $34,449 | $41,870 | $17,911 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 28 | $36,018 | $73,763 | n/a |
| Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City · Private nonprofit | MO | 28 | $26,537 | $31,930 | $27,000 |
| University of Silicon Valley San Jose · Private for-profit | CA | 28 | $30,573 | $48,121 | $31,000 |
| Ball State University Muncie · Public | IN | 27 | n/a | n/a | $26,833 |
| Fashion Institute of Technology New York · Public | NY | 25 | $13,134 | $42,554 | $23,424 |
| Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction · Public | CO | 24 | $26,570 | n/a | $26,154 |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland · Public | WA | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis · Private nonprofit | MN | 23 | $29,895 | $42,386 | $27,000 |
| Regent University Virginia Beach · Private nonprofit | VA | 23 | n/a | $43,057 | $21,250 |
| Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Webster University Saint Louis · Private nonprofit | MO | 22 | $23,948 | $33,927 | $23,000 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland · Private nonprofit | OH | 21 | $26,181 | n/a | $27,000 |
Quick facts: Graphic Communications
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Graphic Communications?
- The College Scorecard lists 119 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Graphic Communications.
- How much do Graphic Communications graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $28,250 one year after graduation (58 institutions reporting) and $46,444 five years after graduation (52 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 Graphic Communications graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Ringling College of Art and Design ($93,383), Art Center College of Design ($92,786), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($88,294), Rochester Institute of Technology ($82,887), and Brigham Young University ($73,763).
- How much student debt do Graphic Communications graduates have?
- The median institution's Graphic Communications graduates leave with $26,000 in federal student loans (56 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Graphic Communications degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Savannah College of Art and Design (539), Ringling College of Art and Design (139), Columbia College Chicago (111), Los Angeles Film School (105), and Art Center College of Design (95).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Graphic Communications (CIP code 10.03), 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.