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Highest ROI Arts Majors

Top 50 Arts college majors by ROI percentile

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Georgia Tech Industrial Design 12 13% $126,065 100 +5.13 99 95% — 92% 75% 0% 17% 8% 0% 1370 1460 1530 100%
2 California College of the Arts Interaction Design 23 91% $127,872 100 +4.88 99 100% — 26% 0% 17% 0% 9% 70% — — — —
3 Carnegie Mellon Design 35 11% $131,756 100 +5.58 99 95% — 29% 20% 31% 0% 9% 20% 1500 1530 1560 84%
4 Brigham Young Housing and Interior Design 14 68% $104,936 100 +4.22 98 100% — 79% 64% 7% 0% 7% 7% 1290 1360 1430 54%
5 Wellesley Media Arts and Sciences 29 15% $126,694 100 +4.80 98 100% — 0% 7% 31% 14% 28% 17% 1460 1500 1540 62%
6 Savannah College of Art and Design Human Computer Interaction 48 83% $114,142 100 +3.95 98 100% — 46% 33% 17% 4% 8% 38% 1030 1150 1270 28%
7 Stanford Product Design 27 4% $119,791 99 +4.64 97 — — 52% 26% 30% 7% 19% 7% 1520 1550 1570 77%
8 U. of Pennsylvania Design 22 6% $110,099 99 +3.89 94 — — 32% 27% 27% 18% 9% 5% 1500 1530 1560 70%
9 Lawrence Technological Interior Design 20 81% $102,566 100 +3.95 94 96% — 5% 80% 5% 5% 0% 5% 1030 1140 1250 45%
10 Lawrence Technological Industrial Design 11 81% $102,566 99 +3.30 94 96% — 55% 91% 0% 9% 0% 0% 1030 1140 1250 45%
11 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst Architecture 118 60% $94,874 100 +3.07 92 100% — 73% 61% 5% 6% 13% 3% 1330 1410 1480 28%
12 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Graphic Design 14 92% $87,186 98 +2.11 91 — — 21% 21% 7% 7% 43% 14% 980 1090 1190 57%
13 MIT Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course 11-6) 17 5% $103,037 100 +4.01 91 94% — 35% 24% 41% 0% 29% 6% 1520 1550 1570 100%
14 U. of Oklahoma - Norman Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 18 78% $89,526 99 +2.46 90 — — 67% 50% 17% 0% 22% 6% 1160 1240 1310 65%
15 Art Center College of Design Transportation Design 44 76% $95,085 99 +2.72 89 93% — 91% 11% 23% 0% 5% 59% — — — —
16 CUNY Hunter Urban Studies/Affairs 21 28% $78,992 92 +1.25 89 94% — 43% 19% 24% 29% 14% 5% 1100 1270 1420 11%
17 U. of Texas at Austin Design 50 27% $92,285 99 +2.51 89 94% — 26% 24% 34% 8% 28% 2% 1320 1450 1530 74%
18 U. of Texas at Austin Interior Design 17 27% $92,285 100 +2.77 89 94% — 0% 35% 6% 12% 47% 0% 1320 1450 1530 74%
19 Cleveland State Music Therapy 10 88% $82,770 100 +3.87 89 94% — 10% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
20 U. of Oklahoma - Norman Architecture 16 78% $86,926 98 +2.16 88 94% — 56% 44% 0% 0% 6% 25% 1160 1240 1310 65%
21 U. of Miami Music Engineering Technology 10 18% $97,490 100 +5.45 88 95% — 50% 60% 10% 10% 0% 10% 1350 1400 1450 51%
22 Mississippi State Architecture 45 84% $85,786 98 +2.03 87 100% — 56% 69% 7% 13% 4% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%
23 Florida State Interior Design 28 24% $78,752 92 +1.22 87 98% — 0% 54% 4% 0% 29% 4% 1300 1360 1410 100%
24 U. of Arkansas Landscape Architecture 15 74% $86,524 98 +2.11 87 — — 53% 80% 0% 0% 13% 0% 1020 1120 1210 100%
25 North Carolina State Architecture 34 40% $85,790 98 +2.03 87 100% — 38% 59% 9% 6% 9% 0% 1310 1380 1440 40%
26 Brigham Young Animation 25 68% $75,148 88 +1.32 87 87% — 32% 72% 4% 0% 4% 16% 1290 1360 1430 54%
27 U. of Arkansas Architecture 78 74% $85,100 97 +1.95 86 98% — 53% 65% 4% 3% 17% 1% 1020 1120 1210 100%
28 U. of Central Missouri Drafting Technology 17 64% $79,047 93 +1.58 86 100% — 59% 71% 6% 0% 6% 0% 930 1060 1180 68%
29 San Jose State Design and Applied Arts 170 80% $75,972 91 +1.24 86 94% — 38% 13% 40% 3% 29% 5% 1010 1140 1270 10%
30 San Jose State Industrial Design 23 80% $75,972 91 +1.24 86 94% — 70% 13% 39% 4% 17% 4% 1010 1140 1270 10%
31 San Jose State Graphic Design 23 80% $75,972 91 +1.24 86 94% — 35% 30% 48% 0% 13% 0% 1010 1140 1270 10%
32 San Jose State Interior Design 12 80% $75,972 88 +0.90 86 94% — 17% 0% 42% 0% 50% 8% 1010 1140 1270 10%
33 Fordham New Media and Digital Design 110 59% $94,989 99 +2.66 86 91% — 20% 50% 13% 7% 17% 6% 1320 1400 1480 24%
34 Brigham Young Urban Planning 10 68% $72,977 78 +0.56 85 — — 70% 80% 0% 0% 0% 20% 1290 1360 1430 54%
35 CUNY Queens Art Education 11 52% $73,414 100 +2.85 85 93% — 18% 45% 18% 0% 36% 0% — — — —
36 Virginia Tech Architecture 131 64% $82,288 96 +1.63 85 96% — 41% 53% 11% 7% 11% 9% 1270 1360 1440 50%
37 U. of Texas at Austin Urban Studies/Affairs 33 27% $86,557 98 +2.12 85 — — 55% 52% 9% 6% 30% 3% 1320 1450 1530 74%
38 Virginia Tech Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management 81 64% $81,923 99 +2.01 84 93% — 40% 64% 5% 12% 6% 0% 1270 1360 1440 50%
39 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Graphic Communication 81 30% $79,689 93 +1.53 84 97% — 14% 48% 26% 0% 12% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
40 Cal Poly - Pomona Architecture 107 74% $74,091 80 +0.69 84 99% — 46% 11% 27% 0% 50% 4% — — — —
41 Ringling College of Art and Design Computer Animation 132 67% $90,480 99 +2.35 84 91% — 24% 34% 17% 2% 12% 27% — — — —
42 U. of North Texas Art Education 42 81% $76,205 100 +3.15 84 92% — 7% 57% 2% 2% 33% 0% 980 1110 1230 52%
43 U. of Mississippi Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 303 97% $80,933 95 +1.71 83 95% — 17% 90% 2% 3% 4% 0% 990 1080 1170 88%
44 U. of Georgia Housing and Interior Design 58 34% $80,054 94 +1.37 83 88% — 36% 83% 2% 10% 3% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
45 Virginia Tech Interior Design 39 64% $80,097 94 +1.38 83 96% — 10% 74% 8% 3% 5% 0% 1270 1360 1440 50%
46 Virginia Tech Industrial Design 35 64% $80,097 94 +1.56 83 96% — 51% 71% 9% 3% 6% 3% 1270 1360 1440 50%
47 North Dakota State Architecture 60 92% $74,652 86 +0.75 83 94% — 43% 83% 2% 3% 2% 5% — — — —
48 U. of Delaware Fashion Design 22 71% $83,043 99 +2.12 83 94% — 5% 77% 9% 0% 14% 0% 1190 1280 1370 22%
49 U. of Delaware Design and Visual Communications 19 71% $83,043 98 +1.79 83 94% — 16% 68% 11% 11% 0% 5% 1190 1280 1370 22%
50 U. of Georgia Landscape Architecture 56 34% $79,324 93 +1.29 83 97% — 36% 79% 7% 0% 5% 4% 1250 1340 1420 100%