Associate Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Associate Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Design and Applied Arts programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 82 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Interior Designers InstituteNewport Beach, California$52,768———$55k—973 mi 2The New SchoolNew York, New York$44,64063%—$59k$53k69%6,5631 mi 3Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas$40,289——$6k$43k20%30,189127 mi 4Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota$40,230——$14k$40k20%5,268135 mi 5Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota$39,850——$11k$46k31%6,280124 mi 6Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin$39,095——$11k$47k44%4,95518 mi 7Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona$38,676——$13k$48k17%5,377173 mi 8Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan$38,657——$6k$37k21%12,74824 mi 9Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana$36,93182%1183$22k$53k57%14,451548 mi 10Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida$36,768——$9k$42k41%21,9563 mi 11Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$34,227——$10k$48k29%18,136540 mi 12Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas$33,456——$9k$49k20%26,449254 mi 13Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$33,232——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi 14Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$32,851——$7k$45k32%8,728210 mi 15Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin$32,673——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi 16Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota$32,246——$18k$39k53%8,617131 mi 17Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida$32,246——$22k$39k42%3,12135 mi 18Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, Illinois$32,246——$20k$39k43%1,14560 mi 19Rasmussen University-KansasTopeka, Kansas$32,246——$24k$39k45%359469 mi 20Rasmussen University-WisconsinGreen Bay, Wisconsin$32,246———$39k57%554 mi 21Rasmussen University-North DakotaFargo, North Dakota$32,246———$39k29%52224 mi 22Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa$32,116——$10k$41k43%7,591198 mi 23Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado$32,100——$12k$48k29%5,383737 mi 24Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas$32,030——$14k$45k31%11,332425 mi 25Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota$31,830——$14k$49k60%1,533167 mi 26Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas$31,478——$3k$42k32%43,869232 mi 27College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois$31,463——$7k$47k25%16,11423 mi 28Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$31,440——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 29Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida$31,347——$9k$42k41%12,86428 mi 30Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina$30,979——$3k$38k31%15,067153 mi 31Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin$30,710——$14k$45k29%10,07372 mi 32Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida$30,466——$5k$41k46%46,182< 1 mi 33Vet Tech Institute of IndianaIndianapolis, Indiana$30,28475%—$16k$38k64%123134 mi 34Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana$30,248——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 35Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma$30,101——$5k$38k27%9,758416 mi 36Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska$29,902——$5k$39k29%8,775421 mi 37Seattle Central CollegeSeattle, Washington$29,775——$9k$43k32%3,9531 mi 38Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$29,734——$13k$40k51%4,7592 mi 39Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina$29,715——$7k$34k34%7,113179 mi 40Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma$28,438——$11k$46k42%2,028408 mi 41Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania$27,896——$9k$42k30%4,14854 mi 42Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$27,795——$9k$41k25%12,0241 mi 43Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York$27,718——$6k$40k27%7,62311 mi 44Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee$27,412——$7k$39k18%5,653379 mi 45Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$26,602——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 46Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California$26,478——$41k$39k34%3,5871 mi 47Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon$26,285——$10k$45k18%19,53154 mi 48New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island$26,28267%—$36k$49k60%1,7183 mi 49Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$25,929——$8k$35k21%11,788256 mi 50Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin$25,506——$15k$33k20%1,0378 mi 51Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York$25,506——$14k$33k21%7431 mi 52Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool, New York$25,506——$15k$33k32%45826 mi 53Bryant & Stratton College-GreeceRochester, New York$25,506——$12k$33k10%3634 mi 54Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$25,265——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi 55Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York$24,907——$5k$50k29%14,2187 mi 56Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$24,827——$15k$34k31%9,260164 mi 57Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio$24,490——$6k$38k41%13,308132 mi 58Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida$23,719——$39k$38k44%25,77729 mi 59Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas$23,345——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi 60Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin$23,032——$11k$45k34%3,183167 mi 61Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$22,935——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 62Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio$22,517——$4k$36k31%13,3822 mi 63Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina$22,024——$4k$36k38%6,27410 mi 64Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokane, Washington$21,508——$7k$39k32%3,199221 mi 65Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin$21,388——$9k$44k58%2,46434 mi 66Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York$21,012——$9k$40k38%2,95060 mi 67Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida$20,36097%—$30k$40k61%17,6784 mi 68Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee$20,165——$5k$38k26%5,284307 mi 69Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$19,911——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 70Sessions CollegeTempe, Arizona$19,275——$15k—40%188166 mi 71CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York$19,146——$6k$43k28%7,670< 1 mi 72Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania$19,022——$12k$42k24%7,66748 mi 73Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York$18,107——$7k$48k23%10,6307 mi 74Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan$17,057——$2k$42k18%13,87615 mi 75Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York$14,36160%—$19k$63k81%7,6371 mi 76CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York$13,554——$6k$42k24%11,2541 mi 77EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico$12,99461%—$8k$23k24%1,4041 mi 78EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San SebastianSan Sebastian, Puerto Rico$12,99496%—$7k$23k29%1,03211 mi 79EDP University of Puerto Rico-ManatiManati, Puerto Rico$12,99468%—$8k$23k—4683 mi 80EDP University of Puerto Rico-CaguasCaguas, Puerto Rico$12,99473%——$23k—41413 mi 81EDP University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico$12,99460%—$12k$23k—3253 mi 82CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx, New York$12,863——$5k$40k16%4,900< 1 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.