WhatGradsMake

What Film/Video and Photographic Arts grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $48,233 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Connecticut CollegeCT$32,972$75,253+56%
2Quinnipiac UniversityCT$37,514$63,705$86,219+32%
3DePaul UniversityIL$28,654$59,848$68,521+24%
4University of MichiganMI$34,079$57,619$74,158+19%
5College of Staten Island/CUNYNY$30,437$57,503$92,467+19%
6University of Massachusetts - DartmouthMA$39,655$56,877+18%
7University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$36,533$56,595$71,605+17%
8Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$33,429$55,555$75,634+15%
9Carleton CollegeMN$37,592$55,335+15%
10CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$36,742$54,965$73,474+14%
11University of North Carolina School of the ArtsNC$35,091$54,796$69,286+14%
12CUNY Brooklyn CollegeNY$35,220$54,563$73,032+13%
13University of Arizona (The)AZ$34,892$54,508$73,598+13%
14George Mason UniversityVA$31,518$54,191$65,986+12%
15CUNY Queens CollegeNY$25,042$53,696$96,791+11%
16Fitchburg State UniversityMA$35,654$53,160$74,457+10%
17University of HoustonTX$36,004$52,703$62,007+9%
18University of North TexasTX$34,546$51,851$57,867+8%
19State University of New York at BuffaloNY$33,551$51,805$69,605+7%
20University of UtahUT$33,984$51,761$65,534+7%
21University of GeorgiaGA$29,236$51,458$75,672+7%
22University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$30,884$51,372$64,930+7%
23Arizona State UniversityAZ$34,993$51,223$73,347+6%
24University of Colorado BoulderCO$31,868$51,223$71,812+6%
25Massachusetts College of Art and DesignMA$30,328$51,078$59,353+6%
26Binghamton UniversityNY$30,304$50,881$69,154+5%
27City College of New York - CUNYNY$33,372$50,615$67,570+5%
28Purdue UniversityIN$30,227$49,269$57,867+2%
29Sam Houston State UniversityTX$32,324$48,959$53,552+2%
30State University of New York at New PaltzNY$26,787$48,878$65,986+1%
31University of OregonOR$31,161$48,233$71,0600%
32University of HartfordCT$29,421$48,030$71,4410%
33Georgia State UniversityGA$30,822$47,894$60,801-1%
34University of Illinois ChicagoIL$28,739$47,666$59,848-1%
35University of IowaIA$30,049$47,616$63,204-1%
36Eastern Mennonite UniversityVA$28,969$47,392-2%
37SUNY College at PurchaseNY$30,053$47,181$68,274-2%
38Texas State UniversityTX$30,030$47,064$62,818-2%
39Ohio State University (The)OH$30,192$46,694$61,737-3%
40St. Cloud State UniversityMN$28,338$45,961$68,098-5%
41University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$28,739$45,751-5%
42University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The)NC$28,658$45,722$60,382-5%
43Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$28,374$45,628$57,075-5%
44Texas A&M University - CommerceTX$33,582$45,390$58,476-6%
45Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$31,378$45,285$60,590-6%
46University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$29,202$45,184$54,669-6%
47Wright State UniversityOH$28,130$45,171$58,363-6%
48University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$29,183$45,056$58,313-7%
49University of Montana (The)MT$28,375$44,737$59,353-7%
50State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$26,977$44,129$65,986-9%
51University of ToledoOH$26,571$43,907$54,051-9%
52University of OklahomaOK$29,587$43,758$66,779-9%
53Portland State UniversityOR$29,567$43,702$60,837-9%
54Minneapolis College of Art & DesignMN$31,452$43,647$62,590-10%
55Liberty UniversityVA$28,497$43,047-11%
56Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$27,883$43,004$55,836-11%
57Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$29,719$42,969$54,757-11%
58Montana State University BozemanMT$28,417$42,818$58,150-11%
59Bowling Green State UniversityOH$26,781$42,346$57,514-12%
60University of Central MissouriMO$28,674$42,106$52,165-13%
61University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$28,450$42,033-13%
62Ohio UniversityOH$28,969$41,244$52,793-14%
63Cleveland State UniversityOH$29,491$40,883$53,107-15%
64Hollins UniversityVA$24,348$40,680$51,223-16%
65Augsburg UniversityMN$26,659$40,093$59,848-17%
66Missouri Western State UniversityMO$21,488$39,425$45,751-18%
67Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$25,751$38,692$53,107-20%
68University of Akron (The)OH$26,659$35,840$49,513-26%
69Virginia Intermont CollegeVA$28,722$35,757$50,676-26%
70Weber State UniversityUT$43,588
71Utah Valley UniversityUT$37,592
72SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$31,637
73Clayton State UniversityGA$31,485
74Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$30,437
75Georgia Gwinnett CollegeGA$26,989

Associate

national median $40,883 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$46,663$65,986+61%
2Dakota County Technical CollegeMN$34,289$48,487+19%
3Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$33,632$43,554$50,831+7%
4Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$27,484$43,047$54,051+5%
5Community College of AuroraCO$30,696$42,033$55,464+3%
6Oklahoma City Community CollegeOK$27,622$41,695+2%
7Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$30,731$41,244+1%
8Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$27,886$40,883$50,9490%
9San Antonio CollegeTX$28,103$40,536$45,751-1%
10Nassau Community CollegeNY$28,247$40,159$56,170-2%
11Cincinnati State Technical & Community CollegeOH$33,078$40,131$54,453-2%
12Baton Rouge Community CollegeLA$26,752$40,037-2%
13Colorado Mountain CollegeCO$25,721$38,279-6%
14Central Lakes CollegeMN$25,998$36,444-11%
15Monroe Community CollegeNY$26,989$35,686-13%
16SUNY Westchester Community CollegeNY$28,622$35,391-13%
17Houston Community CollegeTX$30,437$34,107-17%
18Northwest Vista CollegeTX$31,905
19Casper CollegeWY$31,104
20Portland Community CollegeOR$28,969
21Cuyahoga Community CollegeOH$26,890

Certificate (1-2 years)

national median $38,592 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$37,592$48,984$48,182+27%
2Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$27,420$38,592$56,5630%
3Community College of AuroraCO$35,452$32,883$60,590-15%
4Clark State CollegeOH$37,592
5University of CincinnatiOH$37,092
6University of OregonOR$36,674

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $38,534 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$27,237$41,695$41,501+8%
2Columbus State Community CollegeOH$38,279$39,708+3%
3Community College of AuroraCO$29,849$38,5340%
4Central Lakes CollegeMN$25,504$36,215-6%
5University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$36,491
6Pickens Technical CollegeCO$30,437
7Tri-County Technical CollegeSC$29,557
8Houston Community CollegeTX$28,392
9Northwest Vista CollegeTX$28,392
10Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$24,733

Certificate (2-4 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Central Lakes CollegeMN$27,078$37,821