Best ROI: Fine and Studio Arts

Schools offering Fine and Studio Arts ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $30,897 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	97	$12,116	$102,772	$21,672	94.0%	Exceptional
3	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
4	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	97	$31,944	$114,862	$21,750	94.1%	Exceptional
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97	$28,699	$111,371	$15,715	96.5%	Exceptional
6	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
7	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	96	$12,548	$82,511	$14,000	92.6%	Exceptional
8	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	96	$12,470	$84,943	$15,500	86.1%	Exceptional
9	Williams College Williamstown, MA	96	$17,716	$88,665	$12,761	93.6%	Exceptional
10	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	96	$21,786	$86,182	$17,500	94.3%	Exceptional
11	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	96	$21,590	$102,491	$21,500	96.1%	Exceptional
12	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	96	$28,690	$104,043	$14,000	95.4%	Exceptional
13	Brown University Providence, RI	96	$25,184	$93,487	$11,428	95.7%	Exceptional
14	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	95	$14,741	$80,838	$13,000	85.7%	Exceptional
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	95	$13,138	$83,648	$19,500	93.2%	Exceptional
16	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	95	$29,519	$97,434	$17,500	95.5%	Exceptional
17	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95	$21,565	$86,863	$17,500	95.6%	Exceptional
18	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
19	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
20	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	94	$13,269	$83,847	$15,000	81.1%	Exceptional
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
22	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
23	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
24	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
25	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	93	$36,228	$102,051	$23,750	83.6%	Exceptional
26	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
27	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	92	$16,504	$84,276	$21,000	72.8%	Exceptional
28	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
29	Northeastern University Boston, MA	91	$30,915	$92,538	$24,250	90.5%	Exceptional
30	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91	$19,096	$73,490	$18,500	89.4%	Exceptional
31	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
32	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
33	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
34	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	90	$16,109	$74,915	$13,993	83.0%	Exceptional
35	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
36	Barnard College New York, NY	90	$28,800	$80,516	$18,000	93.0%	Exceptional
37	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
38	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	89	$11,531	$71,902	$16,000	68.4%	Strong
39	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	89	$21,620	$80,596	$18,500	81.6%	Strong
40	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	89	$24,953	$81,698	$21,500	86.2%	Strong
41	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	88	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	70.2%	Strong
42	George Washington University Washington, DC	88	$36,586	$90,873	$20,449	84.0%	Strong
43	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	Strong
44	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	88	$16,778	$69,020	$19,500	85.3%	Strong
45	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	87	$18,784	$74,502	$18,228	75.6%	Strong
46	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	87	$17,303	$68,758	$20,121	84.8%	Strong
47	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	87	$13,807	$73,997	$21,500	61.6%	Strong
48	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	87	$16,403	$73,997	$21,500	65.0%	Strong
49	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	86	$10,440	$64,403	$14,289	68.9%	Strong
50	University of Delaware Newark, DE	86	$17,799	$72,950	$24,572	80.5%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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