Fine and Studio Arts

2,079 programs at U.S. colleges award 36,255 credentials a year in this field (CIP 50.07). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $41,367 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	$37,331	$27,000	14
Gemological Institute of America-New York New York, NY	$36,639	$8,233	159
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad Carlsbad, CA	$36,639	$8,233	180

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
County College of Morris Randolph, NJ	$33,881	$10,000	53
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	$24,491	$26,499	28
Hudson County Community College Jersey City, NJ	$22,619	—	32
Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT	$22,100	—	93
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA	$19,024	$12,000	27
Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI	$18,544	—	21
CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside, NY	$16,739	—	18
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY	$14,920	—	47
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	$13,559	—	59
El Paso Community College El Paso, TX	$9,347	—	31

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$51,435	$27,000	41
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$50,161	$19,750	55
Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ	$44,529	$22,791	0
University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE	$40,501	$13,920	14
Barnard College New York, NY	$39,947	$18,750	26
Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY	$39,946	$13,688	56
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$38,820	—	22
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	$38,717	$26,125	31
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	$38,585	$24,391	31
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$38,154	—	19
Athens State University Athens, AL	$38,006	—	11
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	$37,379	—	20
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	$36,980	—	14
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	$36,927	$26,000	59
Connecticut College New London, CT	$36,564	$21,500	17
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	$36,547	$21,111	38
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	$36,236	$25,974	21
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$36,006	$17,886	58
Illinois State University Normal, IL	$35,967	$17,750	97
Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA	$35,938	—	6
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$35,929	$25,250	49
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	$35,846	$22,312	98
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX	$35,589	—	15
University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC	$35,203	$21,042	22
University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	$35,123	$25,250	47

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	$66,921	$20,500	—
California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	$59,860	—	6
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	$55,569	$14,627	48
University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE	$55,459	$25,237	21
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA	$54,719	$41,000	15
Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	$52,961	—	7
Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA	$50,953	$91,156	47
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY New York, NY	$50,907	$84,517	89
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	$49,560	$41,000	19
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	$49,389	—	0
Lesley University Cambridge, MA	$47,058	$41,000	21
University of Denver Denver, CO	$44,922	—	7
University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	$43,843	—	8
University of California-Davis Davis, CA	$42,782	—	32
New York University New York, NY	$41,958	$93,840	78
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	$40,980	$81,000	49
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	$39,680	—	23
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$37,186	$35,755	23
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$37,112	$41,000	30
Boston University Boston, MA	$37,078	—	30
The New School New York, NY	$35,829	$50,192	65
American University Washington, DC	$35,278	$51,250	25
University at Albany Albany, NY	$35,104	$20,500	12
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$34,424	$61,500	13
Tufts University Medford, MA	$34,047	$41,000	41