Master's-8% vs national median328 grads tracked
Visual and Performing Arts at State University of New York at Stony Brook
Ranked 124th of 142 master's programs in Visual and Performing Arts by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$32,842
middle 50%: $24,059 – $45,751
Median · 5 years out
$51,223
middle 50%: $32,883 – $73,271
Median · 10 years out
$69,558
middle 50%: $46,663 – $91,143
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Visual and Performing Arts (master's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Master's degree holders in visual and performing arts at SUNY Stony Brook earn $33k in their first year. Median salaries reach $51k after five years and $70k after ten.
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
8.3 yrs
≈ $10,004 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Hawaii at Manoa
$52,107 · 5 yrs out
DePaul University
$51,875 · 5 yrs out
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
$51,789 · 5 yrs out
Regent University
$51,789 · 5 yrs out
Binghamton University
$51,694 · 5 yrs out
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$51,537 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$51,062 · 5 yrs out
University of South Carolina - Columbia
$51,062 · 5 yrs out
University of Michigan
$50,919 · 5 yrs out
Radford University
$50,725 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
$50,676 · 5 yrs out
Bowling Green State University
$50,390 · 5 yrs out
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$116,801 · 5 yrs out
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