Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

3,439 students earn a arts, entertainment, and media management credential each year across 207 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $28,357
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $42,388

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 155 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee410$30,6661 year out$50,279$22,750 2Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida220$28,9471 year out$38,113$39,580 3University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida168$29,0251 year out—$22,569 4Berklee College of MusicBoston, Massachusetts154$40,3241 year out$54,487$26,375 5The New SchoolNew York, New York139$37,7431 year out$78,350$25,000 6Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood, California116$18,7061 year out$28,672$44,250 7Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee112$27,1721 year out$40,061$23,250 8Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania95$24,2051 year out$50,618$25,468 9Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois90$23,8441 year out$37,460$26,000 10University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California79$26,9751 year out$42,388$21,250 11Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana69$20,2571 year out$45,348$27,000 12Pace UniversityNew York, New York66$35,9481 year out$45,477$25,985 13College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina60$23,7131 year out$46,169$21,874 14SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York48$18,0791 year out$41,761$22,418 15SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York47$28,4491 year out$44,520$23,250 16Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46$35,3891 year out—$27,000 17Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana39$34,5021 year out$56,082$21,908 18Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia32$17,0951 year out$36,934$27,000 19North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina29—1 year out$39,789—20Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio28—1 year out——21University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama27$25,8051 year out$34,562$24,937 22University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut25$23,7821 year out$57,174$27,000 23Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona24$34,9041 year out—$27,000 24University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky23$27,3231 year out$45,547$27,000 25SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York22$26,2161 year out$36,972$27,000 26Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina21$28,3571 year out$46,033$24,412 27Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana20$34,9111 year out$41,551$25,000 28Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina20$32,4131 year out—$26,544 29University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina19$28,9901 year out—$22,976 30University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California18—1 year out——31Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York18$27,9411 year out$37,854$24,734 32National UniversitySan Diego, California16—1 year out——33Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida16—1 year out$45,491—34DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois16—1 year out——35Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York16$29,0101 year out$55,875$27,000 36SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York15$36,8991 year out—$27,000 37The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas15$16,0231 year out$33,062$24,000 38Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont14$37,8721 year out——39The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas13—1 year out——40Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida12—1 year out——41Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois12$36,4321 year out$41,639$26,125 42Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California11—1 year out——43University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois11—1 year out——44Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio11$29,0881 year out—$27,000 45Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas11$34,2911 year out—$22,781 46University of the PacificStockton, California10—1 year out——47Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois9—1 year out——48Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota9—1 year out——49Delta State UniversityCleveland, Mississippi9$25,4151 year out—$28,196 50Midland UniversityFremont, Nebraska9$33,2161 year out——51Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York9—1 year out——52Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York9—1 year out——53Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo, New York9—1 year out——54University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma9—1 year out——55Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts8—1 year out——56Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan8$27,5651 year out$39,220$26,040 57Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota8—1 year out——58Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee8—1 year out——59Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, Massachusetts7$18,6751 year out—$25,000 60Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey7—1 year out——61Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey7—1 year out$47,870—62CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York7—1 year out——63South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina7—1 year out——64University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin7$29,6651 year out$43,640—65Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida6—1 year out——66Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts6—1 year out——67University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts6—1 year out——68Simmons UniversityBoston, Massachusetts6—1 year out——69Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri6—1 year out——70Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——71Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina6—1 year out——72Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida5—1 year out——73Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky5—1 year out——74Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan5—1 year out——75Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan5—1 year out——76Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, New York5$28,1601 year out—$26,000 77State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York5—1 year out——78Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio5—1 year out——79University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma5—1 year out——80Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina5—1 year out——81Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas5—1 year out——82Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia4—1 year out——83Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York4—1 year out——84Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio4—1 year out——85Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio4—1 year out——86Albright CollegeReading, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——87Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington4—1 year out——88Los Angeles College of MusicPasadena, California4—1 year out——89University of RedlandsRedlands, California3—1 year out——90Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois3—1 year out——91Anderson UniversityAnderson, Indiana3$27,2851 year out——92University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi3$26,6191 year out—$26,000 93Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——94Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York3—1 year out——95Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma3—1 year out——96Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma3—1 year out——97Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma3—1 year out——98Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——99York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——100University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas3—1 year out——

Associate programs — 33 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas58$22,2651 year out$36,420$14,375 2SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee26$17,8811 year out$26,528$20,000 3University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma21—1 year out——4Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida17$25,1841 year out—$32,718 5McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas17—1 year out——6Hocking CollegeNelsonville, Ohio13—1 year out$31,791—7Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas12—1 year out——8San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas9—1 year out——9Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona4—1 year out——10Musicians InstituteHollywood, California4—1 year out——11Herkimer County Community CollegeHerkimer, New York4—1 year out——12Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——13Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi3—1 year out——14Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas3—1 year out——15Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona2—1 year out——16Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, New York2—1 year out——17Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont2—1 year out——18Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona1—1 year out——19Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut1—1 year out——20Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine1—1 year out——21Adrian CollegeAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——22Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan1—1 year out——23Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan1—1 year out——24Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi1—1 year out——25Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, Mississippi1—1 year out——26Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska1—1 year out——27Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska1—1 year out——28New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbs, New Mexico1—1 year out——29Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington1—1 year out——30Inter American University of Puerto Rico-MetroSan Juan, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——31Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona1—1 year out——32Stone Child CollegeBox Elder, Montana1—1 year out——33Los Angeles College of MusicPasadena, California1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 34 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas77—1 year out——2University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia74$33,9271 year out$53,759$21,492 3Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida38—1 year out——4College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada24—1 year out——5San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas24—1 year out——6North Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington20—1 year out——7SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee18—1 year out——8Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts15—1 year out——9Musicians InstituteHollywood, California10—1 year out——10Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi8—1 year out——11Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona7—1 year out——12Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona5—1 year out——13Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas5—1 year out——14University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts5—1 year out——15Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia5—1 year out——16University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri4—1 year out——17City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois2—1 year out——18Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas2—1 year out——19Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas2—1 year out——20Visible Music CollegeMemphis, Tennessee2—1 year out——21Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona1—1 year out——22Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona1—1 year out——23Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana1—1 year out——24North Central Michigan CollegePetoskey, Michigan1—1 year out——25Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan1—1 year out——26Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota1—1 year out——27Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina1—1 year out——28Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio1—1 year out——29Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——30Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota1—1 year out——31University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah1—1 year out——32Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington1—1 year out——33University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming1—1 year out——34St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).