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Bachelor's+9% vs national median420 grads tracked

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management at SUNY College at Purchase

Ranked 7th of 26 bachelor's programs in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$36,173
middle 50%: $26,870 – $47,705
Median · 5 years out
$54,244
middle 50%: $39,866 – $69,430
Median · 10 years out
$63,874
middle 50%: $44,129 – $84,962

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (bachelor's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Graduates of SUNY College at Purchase's bachelor's program in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management earn a median $36,173 one year after graduating, rising to $63,874 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 9% above the national median of $49,654 for this field, ranking 7th of 26 reporting programs.

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
7.9 yrs
≈ $9,298 total interest

Same major at other universities

University of Hartford
$63,082 · 5 yrs out
Indiana University - Bloomington
$59,662 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
$58,363 · 5 yrs out
Fashion Institute of Technology
$58,249 · 5 yrs out
University of New Haven
$55,687 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York College at Potsdam
$54,267 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at San Antonio
$53,181 · 5 yrs out
Butler University
$53,022 · 5 yrs out
Randolph - Macon College
$52,839 · 5 yrs out
College of Charleston
$51,750 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Oneonta
$49,654 · 5 yrs out
Ohio University
$49,269 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at SUNY College at Purchase

Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$96,310 · 5 yrs out
Chemistry (Bachelor's)
$96,310 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Bachelor's)
$79,787 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics (Bachelor's)
$79,787 · 5 yrs out
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor's)
$76,015 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$68,560 · 5 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)
$66,986 · 5 yrs out
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$64,270 · 5 yrs out
Biology, General (Bachelor's)
$62,968 · 5 yrs out
Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)
$62,349 · 5 yrs out
Visual and Performing Arts (Master's)
$58,734 · 5 yrs out
Natural Resources and Conservation (Bachelor's)
$57,619 · 5 yrs out

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