Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State University-Northridge Northridge | CA | $61,569 5yr Post-Grad | $7,599 /yr | - | +$93k |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond | VA | $61,519 5yr Post-Grad | $19,452 /yr | - | +$71k |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh | PA | $62,017 5yr Post-Grad | $31,671 /yr | $79,859 | +$53k |
| New York University New York | NY | $59,636 5yr Post-Grad | $35,035 /yr | $97,383 | +$25k |
| University of Houston Houston | TX | $54,968 5yr Post-Grad | $13,853 /yr | $27,581 | +$21k |
| CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | NY | $52,804 5yr Post-Grad | $2,943 /yr | $41,000 | +$21k |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | TX | $54,170 5yr Post-Grad | $19,678 /yr | - | +$3k |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles | CA | $55,652 5yr Post-Grad | $31,927 /yr | $108,033 | -$6k |
| The Catholic University of America Washington | DC | $52,107 2yr Post-Grad | $32,798 /yr | - | -$11k |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro | NC | $50,373 5yr Post-Grad | $10,170 /yr | - | -$15k |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York | NY | $44,189 2yr Post-Grad | - /yr | - | -$30k |
| University of New Orleans New Orleans | LA | $48,464 5yr Post-Grad | $11,147 /yr | - | -$35k |
| Florida State University Tallahassee | FL | $45,573 5yr Post-Grad | $10,997 /yr | $50,319 | -$62k |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison | WI | $43,798 2yr Post-Grad | $16,928 /yr | - | -$65k |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem | NC | $45,171 5yr Post-Grad | $12,372 /yr | - | -$69k |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City | MO | $44,678 5yr Post-Grad | $12,837 /yr | - | -$74k |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb | IL | $41,768 5yr Post-Grad | $12,909 /yr | - | -$103k |
| Pace University New York | NY | $45,121 5yr Post-Grad | $31,046 /yr | $146,432 | -$104k |
| Yale University New Haven | CT | $44,472 5yr Post-Grad | $27,818 /yr | - | -$104k |
| Mary Baldwin University Staunton | VA | $42,480 5yr Post-Grad | $17,833 /yr | - | -$105k |
| University of Georgia Athens | GA | $39,009 2yr Post-Grad | $13,816 /yr | - | -$108k |
| Boston University Boston | MA | $41,193 2yr Post-Grad | $26,996 /yr | - | -$110k |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas | TX | $42,682 2yr Post-Grad | $41,778 /yr | - | -$122k |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz | CA | $39,217 5yr Post-Grad | $16,607 /yr | - | -$134k |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa | AL | $37,208 2yr Post-Grad | $22,150 /yr | - | -$142k |
| University of Iowa Iowa City | IA | $36,941 2yr Post-Grad | $21,398 /yr | - | -$143k |
| Michigan State University East Lansing | MI | $36,183 2yr Post-Grad | $20,751 /yr | - | -$150k |
| Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles | CA | $42,550 5yr Post-Grad | $45,723 /yr | $108,680 | -$155k |
| Wayne State University Detroit | MI | $33,993 2yr Post-Grad | $14,773 /yr | - | -$161k |
| DePaul University Chicago | IL | $38,471 5yr Post-Grad | $29,141 /yr | $87,842 | -$164k |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York | NY | $36,696 5yr Post-Grad | $20,148 /yr | $131,963 | -$165k |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton | CA | $31,133 2yr Post-Grad | $5,646 /yr | - | -$175k |
| Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah | GA | $39,340 5yr Post-Grad | $45,450 /yr | $81,865 | -$186k |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens | OH | $34,359 5yr Post-Grad | $20,413 /yr | - | -$189k |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign | IL | $32,938 5yr Post-Grad | $15,201 /yr | - | -$193k |
| New York Film Academy Burbank | CA | $36,990 5yr Post-Grad | $46,420 /yr | $100,507 | -$211k |
| Chapman University Orange | CA | $36,723 5yr Post-Grad | $47,527 /yr | $138,664 | -$215k |
| University of Florida Gainesville | FL | $26,739 2yr Post-Grad | $6,351 /yr | - | -$222k |
| Illinois State University Normal | IL | $28,236 2yr Post-Grad | $18,996 /yr | - | -$229k |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle | WA | $25,194 2yr Post-Grad | $13,485 /yr | - | -$251k |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla | CA | $26,372 5yr Post-Grad | $11,750 /yr | - | -$252k |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia | CA | $32,874 5yr Post-Grad | $47,183 /yr | $109,180 | -$252k |
| Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | NY | $26,353 2yr Post-Grad | $21,132 /yr | - | -$253k |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | AR | $25,595 5yr Post-Grad | $17,525 /yr | - | -$270k |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas | NV | $21,508 2yr Post-Grad | $10,011 /yr | - | -$284k |
| Brown University Providence | RI | $22,922 5yr Post-Grad | $26,572 /yr | - | -$313k |
| George Washington University Washington | DC | $23,351 2yr Post-Grad | $37,454 /yr | $59,500 | -$315k |
| Naropa University Boulder | CO | $18,154 2yr Post-Grad | $28,862 /yr | - | -$354k |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | CA | $15,552 2yr Post-Grad | $14,013 /yr | - | -$355k |
| The New School New York | NY | $18,882 5yr Post-Grad | $55,359 /yr | $103,045 | -$407k |
Analysis Notes:
- Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
- Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.