Bachelor's+13% vs national median598 grads tracked
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at CUNY Brooklyn College
Ranked 12th of 69 bachelor's programs in Film/Video and Photographic Arts by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$35,220
middle 50%: $25,059 – $50,522
Median · 5 years out
$54,563
middle 50%: $37,222 – $74,820
Median · 10 years out
$73,032
middle 50%: $45,075 – $97,883
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Film/Video and Photographic Arts (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Film and video arts graduates from CUNY Brooklyn College earn a median of $35k initially. Ten-year salaries reach $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?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
7.8 yrs
≈ $9,307 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
$56,877 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$56,595 · 5 yrs out
Pennsylvania State University (The)
$55,555 · 5 yrs out
Carleton College
$55,335 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Hunter College
$54,965 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
$54,796 · 5 yrs out
University of Arizona (The)
$54,508 · 5 yrs out
George Mason University
$54,191 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Queens College
$53,696 · 5 yrs out
Fitchburg State University
$53,160 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston
$52,703 · 5 yrs out
University of North Texas
$51,851 · 5 yrs out
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