Bachelor's+17% vs national median840 grads tracked
Visual and Performing Arts at Binghamton University
Ranked 22nd of 376 bachelor's programs in Visual and Performing Arts by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$32,625
middle 50%: $22,872 – $46,555
Median · 5 years out
$57,232
middle 50%: $37,875 – $80,617
Median · 10 years out
$72,671
middle 50%: $49,502 – $111,349
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Visual and Performing Arts (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Visual and Performing Arts graduates see median first-year earnings of $33k. By year ten, the median salary rises to $73k.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
7.7 yrs
≈ $9,365 total interest
Same major at other universities
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
$58,580 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Austin
$58,086 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Dallas
$57,997 · 5 yrs out
New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York
$57,805 · 5 yrs out
Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University
$57,703 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
$57,334 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$57,133 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston - Clear Lake
$57,056 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
$56,877 · 5 yrs out
University of Connecticut
$56,598 · 5 yrs out
University of Michigan
$56,557 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$56,406 · 5 yrs out
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$142,527 · 5 yrs out
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$127,359 · 5 yrs out
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$106,400 · 5 yrs out
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$103,109 · 5 yrs out
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