Bachelor's degree · Visual and performing arts · CIP 50.01
Visual and Performing Arts, General: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 231 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Visual and Performing Arts, General, together awarding 4,544 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $30,508 one year after finishing and $45,331 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $24,795 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Visual and Performing Arts, General 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 42 of 215; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Visual and Performing Arts, General
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 452 | $32,957 | $57,385 | $19,250 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 368 | $33,812 | $50,583 | $21,500 |
| Full Sail University Winter Park · Private for-profit | FL | 307 | $29,577 | $38,888 | $31,416 |
| George Mason University Fairfax · Public | VA | 138 | $32,948 | $60,125 | $20,730 |
| Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 105 | $31,484 | $58,732 | $27,000 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 81 | $29,229 | $51,000 | $23,250 |
| California State University-San Marcos San Marcos · Public | CA | 80 | $31,526 | $48,323 | $15,000 |
| Wichita State University Wichita · Public | KS | 78 | $29,440 | $45,090 | $23,268 |
| Florida International University Miami · Public | FL | 74 | n/a | n/a | $14,267 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 73 | $34,774 | $56,219 | $20,500 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 64 | $32,584 | $45,195 | $12,000 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers · Public | FL | 62 | $31,793 | n/a | $18,736 |
| Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau · Public | MO | 60 | $29,290 | $36,249 | $17,733 |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix · Private nonprofit | AZ | 59 | $32,850 | $44,608 | $26,750 |
| Gnomon North Hollywood · Private for-profit | CA | 56 | $60,803 | n/a | $31,046 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 56 | $31,197 | $62,338 | $11,579 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 55 | n/a | n/a | $17,750 |
| University of Kentucky Lexington · Public | KY | 54 | $33,806 | n/a | $17,750 |
| Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Bloomfield · Public | NJ | 52 | $24,943 | $44,508 | $27,000 |
| Christopher Newport University Newport News · Public | VA | 49 | $27,952 | $42,801 | $25,072 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 46 | $32,497 | $42,895 | $27,000 |
| Champlain College Burlington · Private nonprofit | VT | 41 | $28,802 | $45,050 | $27,000 |
| University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville · Public | NC | 41 | $29,482 | $47,307 | $17,900 |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown · Public | PA | 40 | $30,243 | n/a | $26,500 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie · Public | WI | 39 | $32,707 | $44,965 | $21,500 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 37 | $34,992 | $59,271 | $15,000 |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · Public | CO | 36 | $26,731 | $31,424 | $31,000 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 35 | n/a | n/a | $24,645 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green · Public | OH | 32 | $29,156 | $46,413 | $27,000 |
| State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz · Public | NY | 32 | $27,619 | $50,077 | $25,000 |
| SUNY at Purchase College Purchase · Public | NY | 32 | $23,710 | n/a | $25,000 |
| Stockton University Galloway · Public | NJ | 31 | $34,650 | $41,858 | $24,742 |
| Azusa Pacific University Azusa · Private nonprofit | CA | 30 | $26,507 | $55,390 | $19,000 |
| University of Florida-Online Gainesville · Public | FL | 30 | $31,197 | $62,338 | $11,579 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 30 | $40,240 | $79,510 | $17,750 |
| Utah Tech University Saint George · Public | UT | 30 | $39,530 | n/a | n/a |
| Lesley University Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 29 | $24,703 | n/a | $26,000 |
| Saint Mary's College of California Moraga · Private nonprofit | CA | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth · Public | MA | 29 | $25,957 | $50,737 | $22,000 |
| Marshall University Huntington · Public | WV | 28 | $26,978 | n/a | $28,046 |
| Bennington College Bennington · Private nonprofit | VT | 27 | $20,353 | $47,569 | $27,000 |
| Harvard University Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kent State University at Tuscarawas New Philadelphia · Public | OH | 27 | n/a | n/a | $25,000 |
| Rice University Houston · Private nonprofit | TX | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SUNY Oneonta Oneonta · Public | NY | 27 | $35,893 | $54,759 | $22,875 |
| University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg · Public | MS | 27 | n/a | $41,315 | $25,654 |
| Stetson University DeLand · Private nonprofit | FL | 25 | $24,419 | $47,154 | $19,500 |
| University of St Thomas Saint Paul · Private nonprofit | MN | 25 | n/a | n/a | $20,500 |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater · Public | WI | 24 | $33,165 | $47,983 | $23,250 |
| Longwood University Farmville · Public | VA | 23 | $36,199 | $45,331 | $27,000 |
Quick facts: Visual and Performing Arts, General
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Visual and Performing Arts, General?
- The College Scorecard lists 231 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Visual and Performing Arts, General.
- How much do Visual and Performing Arts, General graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $30,508 one year after graduation (65 institutions reporting) and $45,331 five years after graduation (57 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 Visual and Performing Arts, General graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Southern California ($79,510), University of Florida ($62,338), George Mason University ($60,125), University of Missouri-Columbia ($59,271), and Otis College of Art and Design ($58,732).
- How much student debt do Visual and Performing Arts, General graduates have?
- The median institution's Visual and Performing Arts, General graduates leave with $24,795 in federal student loans (68 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Visual and Performing Arts, General degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Central Florida (452), The University of Texas at Dallas (368), Full Sail University (307), George Mason University (138), and Otis College of Art and Design (105).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Visual and Performing Arts, General (CIP code 50.01), 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.