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

Associate Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-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 92 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota$65,84999%1120$27k$62k66%1,533135 mi 2The New SchoolNew York, New York$56,22463%—$59k$53k69%6,5631 mi 3County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey$54,286——$9k$50k36%5,36025 mi 4New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island$46,92367%—$36k$49k60%1,7183 mi 5Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon$45,682——$10k$45k18%19,53154 mi 6Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan$45,307——$2k$42k18%13,87615 mi 7Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$45,16791%1012$9k$55k47%8,10648 mi 8Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado$44,854——$12k$48k29%5,383737 mi 9Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$44,720——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi 10Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York$44,55960%—$19k$63k81%7,6371 mi 11Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$44,420——$9k$42k33%19,67593 mi 12Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas$43,956——$6k$43k20%30,189127 mi 13Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California$43,707——$41k$39k34%3,5871 mi 14Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$43,680——$9k$41k25%12,0241 mi 15Sessions CollegeTempe, Arizona$42,234——$15k—40%188166 mi 16The Modern College of DesignKettering, Ohio$41,95392%—$39k$42k69%211135 mi 17Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$41,142——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 18Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota$41,084——$14k$49k60%1,533167 mi 19Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota$40,545——$11k$46k31%6,280124 mi 20Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona$40,530——$12k$44k16%14,460166 mi 21Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin$39,599——$15k$33k20%1,0378 mi 22Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York$39,599——$14k$33k21%7431 mi 23Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool, New York$39,599——$15k$33k32%45826 mi 24Bryant & Stratton College-GreeceRochester, New York$39,599——$12k$33k10%3634 mi 25Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada$39,569——$8k$45k32%7,681139 mi 26Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois$39,299——$6k$46k41%6,64830 mi 27Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$39,266——$7k$45k32%8,728210 mi 28Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota$38,868——$14k$52k58%2,168145 mi 29Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York$38,842——$5k$50k29%14,2187 mi 30Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska$38,706——$9k$43k38%6,773465 mi 31Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon$38,597——$8k$41k21%6,61050 mi 32Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York$38,571——$6k$40k27%7,62311 mi 33Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois$38,38597%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 34Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas$38,139——$14k$45k31%11,332425 mi 35Herzing University-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$37,77894%—$22k$37k28%2,49470 mi 36Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York$37,547——$14k$40k30%2,98029 mi 37Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona$36,987——$13k$48k17%5,377173 mi 38Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska$36,677——$5k$39k29%8,775421 mi 39Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio$36,586——$4k$36k31%13,3822 mi 40Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio$36,535——$6k$38k41%13,308132 mi 41Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin$36,286——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi 42Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York$35,938——$9k$41k27%4,45635 mi 43North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho$35,835——$11k$40k38%2,619251 mi 44Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$35,360——$15k$34k31%9,260164 mi 45Sussex County Community CollegeNewton, New Jersey$34,977——$8k$45k37%2,08641 mi 46Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia$34,941——$3k$37k38%8,727234 mi 47Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin$34,819——$11k$45k34%3,183167 mi 48Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin$34,755——$11k$47k44%4,95518 mi 49Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York$34,688——$7k$42k32%3,0845 mi 50Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina$34,572——$4k$32k24%9,47182 mi 51Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York$34,571——$7k$48k23%10,6307 mi 52Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$34,173——$13k$40k51%4,7592 mi 53Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood, California$33,999——$31k$32k41%5,47211 mi 54CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York$33,696——$6k$43k28%7,670< 1 mi 55Interior Designers InstituteNewport Beach, California$33,394———$55k—973 mi 56Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$33,160——$10k$48k29%18,136540 mi 57CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx, New York$33,160——$5k$40k16%4,900< 1 mi 58Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota$32,939——$14k$40k20%5,268135 mi 59Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina$32,514——$3k$38k31%15,067153 mi 60Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$32,360——$8k$35k21%11,788256 mi 61Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico$32,355——$6k$25k39%1,4514 mi 62Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas$32,318——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi 63Cecil CollegeNorth East, Maryland$32,214——$10k$44k37%1,3633 mi 64Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona$32,150——$3k$40k28%14,242147 mi 65Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan$32,136——$3k$39k28%4,99734 mi 66Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$32,086——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 67San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas$31,633——$5k$40k26%16,416120 mi 68SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York$31,551——$10k$41k37%1,844125 mi 69Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee$31,084——$5k$38k26%5,284307 mi 70Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana$30,770——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 71Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania$30,533——$12k$42k24%7,66748 mi 72Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$30,514——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 73Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa$30,356——$10k$43k43%2,626229 mi 74Northwest CollegePowell, Wyoming$30,265——$7k$37k49%890674 mi 75Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico$29,984——$8k$24k34%4,4683 mi 76Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$29,918——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 77Vet Tech Institute of IndianaIndianapolis, Indiana$29,87675%—$16k$38k64%123134 mi 78Platt College-Los AngelesAlhambra, California$29,740——$28k$41k63%57019 mi 79Platt College-OntarioOntario, California$29,740——$21k$41k58%50037 mi 80Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut$29,626——$12k$41k24%33,64531 mi 81Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio$28,550——$10k$37k35%4,36110 mi 82Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina$28,147——$4k$36k38%6,27410 mi 83Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania$28,106——$9k$40k23%3,31796 mi 84Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake, New York$27,710——$8k$38k33%83648 mi 85College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada$27,634——$7k$38k19%27,252232 mi 86Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona$27,412——$12k$41k14%8,555165 mi 87Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$25,623——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 88Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida$25,60397%—$30k$40k61%17,6784 mi 89Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia$25,066——$10k$34k31%3,92392 mi 90South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas$22,747——$7k$41k29%6,005476 mi 91CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York$21,605——$6k$42k24%11,2541 mi 92Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina$20,225——$2k$34k49%2,73951 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.