Highest Earning Bachelor's Visual & Performing Arts Programs
These are the highest earning bachelor's visual & performing arts programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Carnegie Mellon University leading at $138,588.
| Rank | Institution | Program | State | Earnings | Completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon University | Design & Applied Arts | PA | $138,588 | 42 |
| 2 | Lawrence Technological University | Design & Applied Arts | MI | $99,444 | 10 |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Design & Applied Arts | GA | $95,697 | 12 |
| 4 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Design & Applied Arts | WA | $89,193 | 36 |
| 5 | University of Southern California | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $89,022 | 67 |
| 6 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Design & Applied Arts | NY | $87,358 | 34 |
| 7 | Northeastern University | Design & Applied Arts | MA | $87,336 | 40 |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | Design & Applied Arts | IN | $83,414 | 28 |
| 9 | Chapman University | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $78,121 | 26 |
| 10 | Art Center College of Design | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $76,093 | 245 |
| 11 | University of Redlands | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $75,374 | 20 |
| 12 | The New School | Arts & Entertainment Management | NY | $74,936 | 139 |
| 13 | Florida State University | Design & Applied Arts | FL | $73,888 | 33 |
| 14 | Boston University | Design & Applied Arts | MA | $72,809 | 39 |
| 15 | University of Southern California | Fine Arts | CA | $72,428 | 55 |
| 16 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Design & Applied Arts | VA | $72,213 | 72 |
| 17 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Design & Applied Arts | OH | $71,605 | 167 |
| 18 | Syracuse University | Design & Applied Arts | NY | $71,527 | 101 |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | Film, Video & Photographic Arts | CA | $70,963 | 112 |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Austin | Design & Applied Arts | TX | $69,846 | 44 |
| 21 | Western Washington University | Design & Applied Arts | WA | $69,715 | 57 |
| 22 | University of Denver | Design & Applied Arts | CO | $69,251 | 17 |
| 23 | Washington State University | Design & Applied Arts | WA | $69,224 | 21 |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Design & Applied Arts | TN | $69,047 | 12 |
| 25 | Laguna College of Art and Design | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $68,934 | 94 |
| 26 | Seattle Pacific University | Design & Applied Arts | WA | $68,547 | 34 |
| 27 | Dartmouth College | Fine Arts | NH | $68,523 | 32 |
| 28 | Texas Christian University | Design & Applied Arts | TX | $68,313 | 39 |
| 29 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | Design & Applied Arts | MA | $68,160 | 56 |
| 30 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | Design & Applied Arts | OH | $68,151 | 48 |
| 31 | Miami University-Oxford | Design & Applied Arts | OH | $67,981 | 17 |
| 32 | Bellevue College | Design & Applied Arts | WA | $67,797 | 29 |
| 33 | Washington University in St Louis | Design & Applied Arts | MO | $67,771 | 69 |
| 34 | Rhode Island School of Design | Design & Applied Arts | RI | $67,771 | 91 |
| 35 | University of Delaware | Design & Applied Arts | DE | $67,742 | 19 |
| 36 | Interior Designers Institute | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $67,473 | 12 |
| 37 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Fine Arts | MI | $66,846 | 172 |
| 38 | University of Dayton | Design & Applied Arts | OH | $66,679 | 26 |
| 39 | Chapman University | Film, Video & Photographic Arts | CA | $66,494 | 180 |
| 40 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Design & Applied Arts | NJ | $66,488 | 16 |
| 41 | California State University-Long Beach | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $66,435 | 108 |
| 42 | University of California-Santa Cruz | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $66,333 | 132 |
| 43 | Drexel University | Design & Applied Arts | PA | $66,294 | 142 |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | Design & Applied Arts | CA | $66,259 | 57 |
| 45 | Clemson University | Design & Applied Arts | SC | $66,150 | 79 |
| 46 | Marist University | Design & Applied Arts | NY | $66,010 | 44 |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Design & Applied Arts | WI | $65,874 | 32 |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | Design & Applied Arts | AR | $65,780 | 31 |
| 49 | University of Florida | Design & Applied Arts | FL | $65,656 | 54 |
| 50 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Design & Applied Arts | OK | $65,646 | 36 |
Methodology
Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 50 (Visual & Performing Arts) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.