PlainCollege

Design and Applied Arts

621
Schools
Bachelor's
Credential Level
$57,161
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$48,152
25th %ile
$50,842
Median
$54,250
75th %ile
$59,321
Max
$126,932
$48,152 $126,932

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Carnegie Mellon University PA 37 $126,932 $24,500
San Jose State University CA 153 $82,682 —
Northeastern University MA 49 $81,078 $25,500
The University of Texas at Austin TX 61 $76,309 $18,000
University of California-Irvine CA 0 $75,874 —
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA 41 $74,666 $26,354
Lawrence Technological University MI 11 $73,249 —
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 44 $71,597 $12,250
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY 36 $71,567 $25,000
Art Center College of Design CA 223 $71,547 $31,000
Chapman University CA 27 $69,235 $23,823
University of California-Los Angeles CA 45 $68,882 $19,000
Western Washington University WA 66 $68,445 $19,833
Seattle Pacific University WA 33 $68,201 $25,000
Marist University NY 38 $66,343 $26,644
University of Notre Dame IN 40 $65,839 $19,250
Texas Christian University TX 37 $65,030 —
Stonehill College MA 11 $62,675 —
University of Florida FL 54 $62,198 $19,839
Drexel University PA 185 $62,097 $27,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA 59 $61,703 $27,000
Southern Methodist University TX 7 $60,807 —
George Washington University DC 23 $60,610 —
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 60 $59,906 $23,900
The College of New Jersey NJ 0 $59,321 —
California State University-Long Beach CA 130 $58,879 $16,500
Suffolk University MA 29 $58,843 $27,000
Pratt Institute-Main NY 387 $58,684 $26,000
Endicott College MA 35 $58,604 $27,000
Syracuse University NY 98 $58,439 $27,000
St. John's University-New York NY 13 $58,056 $27,000
Temple University PA 54 $57,777 $26,000
San Francisco State University CA 150 $57,556 $15,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC 70 $57,533 $19,500
Washington State University WA 34 $57,332 $24,604
Western Michigan University MI 30 $57,047 $27,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 180 $56,707 $20,702
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH 205 $56,482 $25,500
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH 43 $56,414 $21,694
University of Southern California CA 33 $56,391 $18,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 128 $56,160 $22,500
University of Oregon OR 38 $56,135 $28,000
Rhode Island School of Design RI 144 $55,647 $27,000
College for Creative Studies MI 168 $55,614 $26,000
University of California-Davis CA 235 $55,388 $14,924
California College of the Arts CA 156 $55,004 $27,000
Portland State University OR 83 $54,977 $23,100
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 108 $54,712 $18,178
Miami University-Oxford OH 69 $54,530 $26,000
University of Houston TX 31 $54,250 $24,000
Texas State University TX 126 $54,246 $23,000
LIM College NY 24 $54,104 $26,915
Seattle University WA 32 $53,951 $23,084
Susquehanna University PA 12 $53,795 $27,000
The New School NY 469 $53,334 $25,000
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO — $53,145 —
DePaul University IL 85 $52,942 $27,000
University of Utah UT 23 $52,747 —
Fashion Institute of Technology NY 560 $52,128 $23,033
Lake Washington Institute of Technology WA 17 $52,106 —
Kean University NJ 91 $52,084 $24,004
University of Central Oklahoma OK 31 $51,938 $15,875
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 35 $51,862 $17,875
Grand View University IA 12 $51,741 $21,502
Florida State University FL 37 $51,681 $22,625
University of San Francisco CA 39 $51,544 $27,000
Central Michigan University MI 57 $51,538 $27,500
Clemson University SC 82 $51,270 $23,250
Champlain College VT 68 $51,123 $26,870
Baylor University TX 34 $51,121 $25,750
University of Akron Main Campus OH 30 $51,028 $26,937
Marymount University VA 47 $51,014 $25,750
University of Dayton OH 17 $50,910 —
University of Kansas KS 78 $50,894 $26,000
Otis College of Art and Design CA 87 $50,842 $27,000
Winthrop University SC 17 $50,697 $27,917
Central Connecticut State University CT 28 $50,565 $21,500
University of Kentucky KY 23 $50,177 $26,250
West Virginia University WV 65 $50,020 $25,000
California Institute of the Arts CA 12 $49,840 —
York College of Pennsylvania PA 9 $49,817 —
Mercyhurst University PA 15 $49,690 $26,836
Drake University IA 7 $49,664 —
Oregon State University OR 97 $49,469 $21,500
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR 3 $49,469 $21,500
Iowa State University IA 227 $49,449 $26,581
Purdue University-Main Campus IN 42 $49,180 $19,500
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ 23 $48,950 $25,500
California State University-Monterey Bay CA 47 $48,939 $13,902
San Diego State University CA — $48,911 $13,832
Georgia Southern University GA 47 $48,787 $25,750
Rochester Institute of Technology NY 134 $48,662 $26,646
Auburn University AL 132 $48,527 $25,125
Cedarville University OH 33 $48,514 $22,000
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO 45 $48,439 $28,500
Stevenson University MD 37 $48,404 $27,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus PA 24 $48,258 $27,000
South Dakota State University SD 20 $48,237 $27,000
Creighton University NE 4 $48,211 —
Bradley University IL 37 $48,152 —

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.