WhatGradsMake

What Visual and Performing Arts, General grads make

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

Bachelor's

national median $49,164 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$30,304$59,105+20%
2George Mason UniversityVA$40,128$59,051$79,145+20%
3Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$33,439$58,497$73,979+19%
4Ohio UniversityOH$34,840$57,867+18%
5Kennesaw State UniversityGA$28,319$53,107+8%
6University of Texas at AustinTX$37,927$53,006$67,204+8%
7University of Texas at DallasTX$39,173$52,886$64,964+8%
8SUNY CortlandNY$31,287$52,731$65,986+7%
9Oregon State UniversityOR$32,883$52,452$65,326+7%
10SUNY Old WestburyNY$31,089$52,251$69,917+6%
11State University of New York at OneontaNY$31,651$51,360$66,080+4%
12University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterWI$32,127$50,676$68,321+3%
13Longwood UniversityVA$33,092$49,164$57,5140%
14University of Massachusetts - DartmouthMA$36,956$48,943$73,7280%
15SUNY College at PurchaseNY$34,704$48,843$63,249-1%
16State University of New York at New PaltzNY$30,452$48,822$65,774-1%
17Arizona State UniversityAZ$35,233$48,144$59,162-2%
18University of North Carolina AshevilleNC$28,858$47,901-3%
19Bowling Green State UniversityOH$28,199$47,392-4%
20University of Houston - DowntownTX$34,421$46,994-4%
21University of Wisconsin - ParksideWI$34,289$46,532$54,821-5%
22Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$31,905$46,394$53,578-6%
23Worcester State UniversityMA$38,509$46,093-6%
24Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$26,852$45,912$58,114-7%
25CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$35,940$45,751-7%
26Pennsylvania State University (The) - AbingtonPA$35,024$45,244$54,993-8%
27Christopher Newport UniversityVA$27,353$45,129$57,401-8%
28University of Mary WashingtonVA$33,372$44,849$63,270-9%
29Virginia State UniversityVA$31,041$44,669$59,649-9%
30Louisiana State University in ShreveportLA$28,276$43,433-12%
31Southern Oregon UniversityOR$33,196$43,255-12%
32Rogers State UniversityOK$31,394$43,047-12%
33Albany State UniversityGA$29,421$42,776-13%
34Missouri State UniversityMO$22,038$42,146$56,473-14%
35University of Wisconsin - StoutWI$28,722$42,033-14%
36University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$24,843$41,244$49,399-16%
37Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsMA$26,329$40,883$56,170-17%
38University of Montana (The)MT$26,443$39,002$47,626-21%
39Savannah State UniversityGA$24,243$38,623-21%
40Kent State UniversityOH$28,969$38,226$46,793-22%
41Southern Virginia UniversityVA$33,239$37,935-23%
42University of Colorado Colorado SpringsCO$28,590$37,151$49,269-24%
43Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$26,322$34,840$43,948-29%
44Pennsylvania State University (The) - AltoonaPA$23,262$31,905$39,163-35%
45Hamline UniversityMN$42,596
46University of Arizona (The)AZ$35,757
47University of ToledoOH$34,252
48Texas A&M UniversityTX$31,066
49Marshall UniversityWV$26,543
50State University of New York College at PotsdamNY$25,504

Associate

national median $39,777 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeVA$23,425$44,737$54,757+12%
2SUNY Westchester Community CollegeNY$30,874$42,576$55,181+7%
3CUNY Bronx Community CollegeNY$28,119$41,525$57,090+4%
4Dutchess Community CollegeNY$24,386$40,550+2%
5Queensborough Community College-CUNYNY$26,459$40,342$51,223+1%
6Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$25,837$39,777$55,3350%
7Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$26,811$39,043$58,197-2%
8Genesee Community CollegeNY$27,161$38,738$48,878-3%
9Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY$23,614$38,226$54,757-4%
10Ulster County Community CollegeNY$23,578$36,444$43,588-8%
11CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNY$25,428$35,853$52,165-10%
12Mohawk Valley Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$27,237$34,421$39,556-13%
13Navarro CollegeTX$22,983$33,861-15%
14Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$36,215
15Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeMN$33,582
16Austin Community CollegeTX$31,227
17San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$26,063
18Northern Oklahoma CollegeOK$25,998

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1SUNY Westchester Community CollegeNY$43,047$57,372$48,487

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Columbus State Community CollegeOH$32,687$40,471

Certificate (2-4 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of North Carolina School of the ArtsNC$31,679$43,271$56,406