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Best Colleges for Visual and Performing Arts, General

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 36 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Missouri - Columbia MO $30,304 $59,105 $66,261
2 George Mason University VA $40,128 $59,051 $79,145 $57,611
3 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $33,439 $58,497 $73,979 $59,630
4 Kennesaw State University GA $28,319 $53,107 $58,682
5 University of Texas at Austin TX $37,927 $53,006 $67,204 $57,553
6 University of Texas at Dallas TX $39,173 $52,886 $64,964 $57,422
7 SUNY Cortland NY $31,287 $52,731 $65,986 $39,948
8 Oregon State University OR $32,883 $52,452 $65,326 $45,890
9 SUNY Old Westbury NY $31,089 $52,251 $69,917 $39,584
10 State University of New York at Oneonta NY $31,651 $51,360 $66,080 $38,909
11 University of Wisconsin - Whitewater WI $32,127 $50,676 $68,321 $53,287
12 Longwood University VA $33,092 $49,164 $57,514 $47,965
13 University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth MA $36,956 $48,943 $73,728 $33,025
14 SUNY College at Purchase NY $34,704 $48,843 $63,249 $37,002
15 State University of New York at New Paltz NY $30,452 $48,822 $65,774 $36,986
16 Arizona State University AZ $35,233 $48,144 $59,162 $45,206
17 University of North Carolina Asheville NC $28,858 $47,901 $48,979
18 Bowling Green State University OH $28,199 $47,392 $52,599
19 University of Wisconsin - Parkside WI $34,289 $46,532 $54,821 $48,930
20 Colorado Mesa University CO $31,905 $46,394 $53,578 $44,143

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.