4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$46,057
Program median
Program + credential
Design and Applied Arts.: Master's Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$46,130
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,357
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
23,416
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA | Private for-profit | $40,613 | 34.3% | Available |
| American University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $41,943 | 75.5% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ | Public | Not available | 0% | Available |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA | Private nonprofit | $48,661 | 79.2% | Available |
| Atlantic University Guaynabo, PR | Private nonprofit | $6,425 | 39.4% | Available |
| Auburn University Auburn, AL | Public | $24,323 | 82% | Available |
| Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA | Private nonprofit | $22,212 | 61.8% | Available |
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | Public | $14,940 | 62.3% | Available |
| Bob Jones University Greenville, SC | Private nonprofit | $16,641 | 64.8% | Available |
| Boise State University Boise, ID | Public | $21,610 | 60.2% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH | Public | $24,022 | 63.7% | Available |
| Bradley University Peoria, IL | Private nonprofit | $22,719 | 76.2% | Available |
| Brenau University Gainesville, GA | Private nonprofit | $18,924 | 32.9% | Available |
| Brigham Young University Provo, UT | Private nonprofit | $15,564 | 81% | Available |
| California Baptist University Riverside, CA | Private nonprofit | $26,285 | 61.9% | Available |
| California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA | Private nonprofit | $53,909 | 61.2% | Available |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA | Private nonprofit | $46,080 | 66.7% | Available |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | Public | $10,440 | 68.9% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT | Public | $16,857 | 48.4% | Available |
| Clemson University Clemson, SC | Public | $22,253 | 86.6% | Available |
| College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI | Private nonprofit | $34,617 | 70.6% | Available |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $26,598 | 51.6% | Available |
| Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH | Private nonprofit | $29,439 | 55.6% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $30,902 | 67.8% | Available |
| Design Institute of San Diego San Diego, CA | Private for-profit | $44,010 | 80% | Available |
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $38,509 | 78.2% | Available |
| Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI | Public | $15,407 | 46.4% | Available |
| Endicott College Beverly, MA | Private nonprofit | $40,654 | 75.6% | Available |
| Fairfield University Fairfield, CT | Private nonprofit | $48,095 | 84.3% | Available |
| Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY | Public | $19,095 | 80.7% | Available |
| Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | Public | $8,624 | 46.9% | Available |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | Public | $11,297 | 85.6% | Available |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, FL | Private for-profit | $38,875 | 44.3% | Available |
| Furman University Greenville, SC | Private nonprofit | $30,308 | 78.8% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | Available |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | Public | $12,116 | 94% | Available |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $18,425 | 75.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | Public | $11,668 | 54.5% | Available |
| Interior Designers Institute Newport Beach, CA | Private for-profit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL | Public | $14,279 | 54.7% | Available |
| Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL | Private nonprofit | $25,180 | 50.7% | Available |
| John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR | Private nonprofit | $20,397 | 71.8% | Available |
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | Public | $19,406 | 71.1% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA | Public | $21,331 | 53.8% | Available |
| Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, CA | Private nonprofit | $42,505 | 51.7% | Available |
| Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI | Private nonprofit | $32,918 | 60.6% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| LIM College New York, NY | Private for-profit | $38,667 | 50.9% | Available |
| Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO | Private nonprofit | $19,638 | 49.3% | Available |
| Long Island University Brookville, NY | Private nonprofit | $33,062 | 57.1% | Available |
| Lynn University Boca Raton, FL | Private nonprofit | $44,089 | 52.1% | Available |
| Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $42,729 | 72.2% | Available |
| Marymount University Arlington, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,137 | 53.5% | Available |
| Marywood University Scranton, PA | Private nonprofit | $23,388 | 71.7% | Available |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA | Public | $24,100 | 68.9% | Available |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH | Public | $28,384 | 79.8% | Available |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN | Private nonprofit | $29,926 | 51.2% | Available |
| Mississippi College Clinton, MS | Private nonprofit | $27,712 | 59.3% | Available |
| Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $43,086 | 57.1% | Available |
| National University San Diego, CA | Private nonprofit | $22,878 | 42.9% | Available |
| New England College Henniker, NH | Private nonprofit | $26,972 | 34.5% | Available |
| New York Film Academy Burbank, CA | Private for-profit | $39,011 | 67.7% | Available |
| New York School of Interior Design New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $45,271 | 69.2% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | Public | $17,303 | 84.8% | Available |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $30,915 | 90.5% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Norwich University Northfield, VT | Private nonprofit | $22,257 | 60.2% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | Public | $17,447 | 68.2% | Available |
| Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $51,248 | 66.3% | Available |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR | Private nonprofit | $35,785 | 29.1% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA | Public | $19,550 | 34.2% | Available |
| Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY | Private nonprofit | $52,659 | 73.5% | Available |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | Public | $14,600 | 83.1% | Available |
| Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC | Private nonprofit | $30,857 | 61.3% | Available |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | Private nonprofit | $36,228 | 83.6% | Available |
| Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $50,507 | 88.8% | Available |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,906 | 69.9% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | Public | $12,278 | 50.4% | Available |
| Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA | Private nonprofit | $49,430 | 69.4% | Available |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $49,790 | 67% | Available |
| School of Visual Arts New York, NY | Private for-profit | $57,914 | 75.7% | Available |
| Southeastern University Lakeland, FL | Private nonprofit | $31,942 | 42.6% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private nonprofit | $13,807 | 91.9% | Available |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $29,618 | 60.9% | Available |
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $38,793 | 83.6% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| Texas State University San Marcos, TX | Public | $16,805 | 55.3% | Available |
| The New School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $58,741 | 69.4% | Available |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | Public | $14,265 | 50.2% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | Public | $18,267 | 75.7% | Available |
| Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,928 | 68.6% | Available |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | $20,995 | 75.2% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD | Public | $13,868 | 38.2% | Available |
| University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT | Private nonprofit | $27,807 | 41.2% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | Available |
| University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK | Public | $18,309 | 36.8% | Available |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $14,860 | 95.9% | Available |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | Public | $25,648 | 75% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | Available |
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $6,541 | 91.1% | Available |
| University of Hartford West Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $30,282 | 54.4% | Available |
| University of Houston Houston, TX | Public | $14,276 | 64.6% | Available |
| University of Idaho Moscow, ID | Public | $14,831 | 57.3% | Available |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | Public | $10,974 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | Public | $16,467 | 70% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | Public | $20,927 | 52.1% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | Public | $10,965 | 56.3% | Available |
| University of North Texas Denton, TX | Public | $15,649 | 60.7% | Available |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private nonprofit | $26,780 | 95.2% | Available |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | Public | $15,300 | 75.3% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX | Private nonprofit | $22,775 | 51% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI | Public | $17,490 | 54.9% | Available |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | Public | $14,936 | 59.1% | Available |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | Public | $23,433 | 63.2% | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | $15,634 | 64.7% | Available |
| Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | Public | $17,237 | 47.1% | Available |
| Wichita State University Wichita, KS | Public | $13,194 | 51% | Available |
| Willamette University Salem, OR | Private nonprofit | $25,121 | 71.2% | Available |
| Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC | Public | $15,343 | 57% | Available |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | Private nonprofit | $43,071 | 89.7% | Available |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | Private nonprofit | $23,777 | 95.7% | Available |