Graphic Communications
7,191 students earn a graphic communications credential each year across 345 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
- $25,358
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $49,604
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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 119 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia524$23,4511 year out$49,365$26,7482Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois212$26,3091 year out$65,596$25,0003Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida124$44,0481 year out$74,421$27,0004Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona92$29,3051 year out$54,254$18,9645Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood, California85$15,5291 year out—$33,2506George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia80$29,1921 year out$61,613$23,0007Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California79$67,0101 year out—$35,5938School of Visual ArtsNew York, New York76$22,4781 year out$35,236$27,0009California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California75$49,0291 year out$87,135$17,96110Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California74$27,4811 year out$54,175$36,71711DigiPen Institute of TechnologyRedmond, Washington65$37,6051 year out$53,376$27,00012University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland64$46,5811 year out$73,041$26,03813Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan62$30,0591 year out$49,604$27,00014DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois58$19,1781 year out$50,382$25,86415Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio57$38,4891 year out$48,089$26,98116University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii56$16,5561 year out$34,302$23,25017Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, New York56$20,0481 year out$53,693$26,72418College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan53$20,7201 year out$42,209$27,00019Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas53—1 year out$38,401$28,34220Columbus College of Art & DesignColumbus, Ohio52$20,1101 year out$37,010$27,00021East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee49$20,8021 year out$37,167$24,21722University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii47—1 year out——23Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts47—1 year out——24California College of the ArtsSan Francisco, California46$26,4811 year out$48,315$27,00025Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignLakewood, Colorado46$23,2471 year out—$32,98226Chapman UniversityOrange, California45—1 year out——27Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, Maryland41—1 year out——28Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas40$30,2701 year out$43,447$25,50029University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland40—1 year out——30California Institute of the ArtsValencia, California35—1 year out——31Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York33$32,0441 year out$77,838$27,00032New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico30$24,1151 year out—$22,50033Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida27$28,8741 year out$34,990$12,50034Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico27$15,3971 year out—$5,44035University of Silicon ValleySan Jose, California26$33,7271 year out$56,685$31,00036Laguna College of Art and DesignLaguna Beach, California26$17,9411 year out$62,659$27,00037Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida26$30,7951 year out——38SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York26$21,3731 year out$36,674$27,00039Kansas City Art InstituteKansas City, Missouri25$17,8521 year out$38,437$27,00040Woodbury UniversityBurbank, California24—1 year out——41Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis, Minnesota24$24,4271 year out$41,878$27,00042University of Puerto Rico-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico24—1 year out$24,303—43Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah22$38,7251 year out$87,288—44Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York21$12,2611 year out—$19,87545University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out——46Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland20$24,8431 year out—$31,00047Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio20—1 year out——48Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania20$31,7901 year out——49Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, Ohio19$19,4091 year out—$27,00050University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho18$25,8481 year out$49,983$26,95851Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri18$17,5931 year out$30,759—52New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey18$39,1341 year out$51,686$25,87553Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia18$16,2801 year out$37,868$26,00054Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin18$40,8251 year out$55,027$27,00055Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois17$24,9411 year out$58,232$27,00056Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington17—1 year out——57University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin17$48,7441 year out$61,093$25,93758Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee16—1 year out—$22,07759Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota15—1 year out——60Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri15—1 year out——61Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California14—1 year out$63,611—62Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado14—1 year out——63Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois14—1 year out$56,462—64Maine College of Art & DesignPortland, Maine14—1 year out——65Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California12—1 year out——66Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida12$17,0991 year out—$35,50367Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, Massachusetts12—1 year out——68California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California11—1 year out——69University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota11$36,5571 year out—$24,50070Huntington UniversityHuntington, Indiana10$16,5221 year out$28,856$27,00071University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa10$36,4191 year out$49,336$21,07072University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota10—1 year out——73Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——74University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——75The University of TampaTampa, Florida9—1 year out——76Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo, New York9—1 year out——77Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——78Laurus CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California9—1 year out——79Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina8—1 year out——80Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, Michigan7—1 year out——81New York UniversityNew York, New York7—1 year out——82Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York7—1 year out——83Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois5—1 year out——84North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois5—1 year out——85Stephens CollegeColumbia, Missouri5—1 year out——86Bennington CollegeBennington, Vermont5—1 year out——87Newschool of Architecture and DesignSan Diego, California4—1 year out——88Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa4—1 year out——89Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York4—1 year out——90Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——91University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia4—1 year out——92Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts3—1 year out——93Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——94Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma3—1 year out——95Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia3—1 year out$27,511—96University of Advancing TechnologyTempe, Arizona3—1 year out——97New York Film AcademyBurbank, California3—1 year out——98Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho2—1 year out——99Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts2—1 year out——100State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York2—1 year out——
Associate programs — top 100 of 166 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York77$23,3191 year out——2Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah66$23,9321 year out—$11,3753Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey58$20,4831 year out$35,271$8,5254Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio54—1 year out——5Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida49$12,4481 year out——6Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas45—1 year out——7Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas44$16,1551 year out$39,213—8Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado42$24,9891 year out$46,264$13,2759Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin38—1 year out$35,881—10Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine37—1 year out——11College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California34—1 year out——12Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado34$25,5961 year out——13Sierra CollegeRocklin, California27—1 year out——14Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington27—1 year out——15Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri24$26,4361 year out$25,483$19,50016Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California22—1 year out——17Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California22—1 year out——18Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota21—1 year out$40,587—19Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out——20Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan20—1 year out——21Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California19—1 year out——22Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California18—1 year out——23Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey18—1 year out——24CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx, New York18$10,3091 year out——25Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin18—1 year out$31,959—26Chabot CollegeHayward, California17—1 year out——27De Anza CollegeCupertino, California17—1 year out——28Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California17—1 year out——29Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California17—1 year out——30College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois17—1 year out——31Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas17—1 year out——32Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania17$26,8701 year out$28,781$8,62533Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California16—1 year out——34Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas16—1 year out——35Rowan College at Burlington CountyMount Laurel, New Jersey16—1 year out——36Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina16—1 year out——37Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas16—1 year out——38Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois15—1 year out——39Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois15—1 year out——40Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey15—1 year out——41Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California13—1 year out——42Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California13—1 year out——43Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown, New York13$22,1811 year out$25,954—44Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon13—1 year out——45Canada CollegeRedwood City, California12—1 year out——46Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California12—1 year out——47San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California12—1 year out——48Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan12—1 year out—$11,67849York County Community CollegeWells, Maine12—1 year out$32,847—50Norco CollegeNorco, California12—1 year out——51Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama11—1 year out——52Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California11—1 year out——53Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho11—1 year out——54Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington11—1 year out——55American River CollegeSacramento, California10—1 year out——56Crafton Hills CollegeYucaipa, California10—1 year out——57Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California10—1 year out——58College of San MateoSan Mateo, California10—1 year out——59Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado10—1 year out——60Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii10—1 year out——61University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii10—1 year out——62Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa10—1 year out——63Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas10—1 year out——64Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey10—1 year out——65SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York10—1 year out——66Whatcom Community CollegeBellingham, Washington10—1 year out——67Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois9—1 year out——68Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky9—1 year out——69Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York9—1 year out——70Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——71Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin9—1 year out$39,904—72Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii9—1 year out——73Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California8—1 year out——74Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California8—1 year out——75Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California8—1 year out——76Rock Valley CollegeRockford, Illinois8—1 year out——77Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa8$29,6821 year out——78Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa8—1 year out——79West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky8—1 year out——80Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California7—1 year out——81Merced CollegeMerced, California7—1 year out——82Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California7—1 year out——83Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa7—1 year out——84Southeastern Community CollegeWest Burlington, Iowa7—1 year out——85New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico7—1 year out$25,413—86Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina7—1 year out——87West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia7—1 year out——88Laurus CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California7—1 year out——89H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama6—1 year out——90Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California6—1 year out——91Kauai Community CollegeLihue, Hawaii6—1 year out——92Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa6—1 year out$36,284—93Flint Hills Technical CollegeEmporia, Kansas6—1 year out——94Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts6—1 year out——95Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan6—1 year out——96Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas6—1 year out——97Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, Washington6—1 year out——98Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain Home, Arkansas6—1 year out——99Bishop State Community CollegeMobile, Alabama5—1 year out——100Butte CollegeOroville, California5—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 164 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado100$25,7021 year out—$11,2502Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado71—1 year out——3Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio56—1 year out——4Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma55—1 year out——5Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma52—1 year out——6Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California50—1 year out——7Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma50—1 year out——8Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas44—1 year out——9Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah43—1 year out——10Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky39—1 year out——11Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California37—1 year out——12Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma34—1 year out——13Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California33—1 year out——14Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois31—1 year out——15Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California30—1 year out——16Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California30—1 year out——17Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas28—1 year out——18City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California27—1 year out——19Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrest, California26—1 year out——20West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky25—1 year out——21Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California24—1 year out——22Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas24—1 year out——23Charlotte Technical CollegePort Charlotte, Florida23—1 year out——24Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California22—1 year out——25Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California22—1 year out——26Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California22—1 year out——27Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas21—1 year out——28Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California20—1 year out——29Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin20—1 year out——30Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlesterMcAlester, Oklahoma20—1 year out——31Sessions CollegeTempe, Arizona20—1 year out——32Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas19—1 year out——33Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California18—1 year out——34City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois18—1 year out——35Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia18—1 year out——36Osceola Technical CollegeKissimmee, Florida18—1 year out——37Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado17—1 year out——38Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin17—1 year out——39Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois16—1 year out——40Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois16—1 year out——41Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois16—1 year out——42North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa16—1 year out——43Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon16—1 year out——44Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California15—1 year out——45Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico15$10,9011 year out$35,039—46Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California14—1 year out——47M-DCPS The English CenterMiami, Florida14—1 year out——48Norco CollegeNorco, California14—1 year out——49Sierra CollegeRocklin, California13—1 year out——50William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois13—1 year out——51Great Plains Technology CenterLawton, Oklahoma13—1 year out——52H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama12—1 year out——53Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California12—1 year out——54Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan12$14,8621 year out——55Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, Oklahoma12—1 year out——56Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas11—1 year out——57Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California11—1 year out——58Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California11—1 year out——59Suncoast Technical CollegeSarasota, Florida11—1 year out——60Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah11—1 year out——61College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California10—1 year out——62Palo Verde CollegeBlythe, California10—1 year out——63West Valley CollegeSaratoga, California10—1 year out——64Traviss Technical CollegeLakeland, Florida10—1 year out——65Cape Coral Technical CollegeCape Coral, Florida10—1 year out——66Chabot CollegeHayward, California9—1 year out——67Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California9—1 year out——68Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California9—1 year out——69Orange Technical College-South CampusOrlando, Florida9—1 year out——70Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa9—1 year out——71Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas9—1 year out——72Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan9—1 year out——73Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina9—1 year out——74Canada CollegeRedwood City, California8—1 year out——75Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California8—1 year out——76Morgan Community CollegeFort Morgan, Colorado8—1 year out——77Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland8—1 year out——78Pontotoc Technology CenterAda, Oklahoma8—1 year out——79Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon8—1 year out——80Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin8—1 year out$37,089—81Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California7—1 year out——82Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida7—1 year out——83Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa7—1 year out$41,575—84Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas7—1 year out——85Western Technology CenterBurns Flat, Oklahoma7—1 year out——86Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia7—1 year out——87Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama6—1 year out——88American River CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——89Cypress CollegeCypress, California6—1 year out——90San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California6—1 year out——91Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California6—1 year out——92William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida6—1 year out——93Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia6—1 year out——94Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, Illinois6—1 year out——95Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois6—1 year out——96Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon6—1 year out——97Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon6—1 year out——98Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington6—1 year out——99Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, Oklahoma6—1 year out——100BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth Charleston, West Virginia6—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 (—).