Bachelor's+14% vs national median551 grads tracked
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at CUNY Hunter College
Ranked 10th of 69 bachelor's programs in Film/Video and Photographic Arts by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$36,742
middle 50%: $24,905 – $50,786
Median · 5 years out
$54,965
middle 50%: $37,179 – $79,387
Median · 10 years out
$73,474
middle 50%: $49,703 – $106,985
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 majors earn a median of $37k in year one. Ten-year earnings 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
7.7 yrs
≈ $9,080 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Michigan
$57,619 · 5 yrs out
College of Staten Island/CUNY
$57,503 · 5 yrs out
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
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
$54,796 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Brooklyn College
$54,563 · 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
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