Graphic Communications
182 colleges offer Graphic Communications in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $52,822, from $22,542 at the lowest program to $105,557 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $28,399 on average, from $14,399 at the lowest program to $63,126 at the highest.
Is a Graphic Communications degree worth it?
Across 54 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $25,888 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $20,868 and $34,958. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $47,741. Debt is 1.8x first-year earnings, which ranks 143rd of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 182
- Average Debt on Graduation: $52,822
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $28,399
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Art Institute of Las Vegas (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Digital Media Arts College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mt. Sierra College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westwood College - DuPage | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westwood College - Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westwood College - O'Hare Airport | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emily Carr University of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Seattle (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sanford-Brown College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Argosy University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| O'More College of Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Illinois Institute of Art (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Colorado (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institutes International Minnesota (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Philadelphia (The) - | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westwood College - Denver North | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Portland (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Art Institute of Pittsburgh (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| ITT Technical Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New York Film Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Art Institute of San Antonio | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Laurus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Institute of Production and Recording | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Art Institute of Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gnomon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southwest University of Visual Arts-Albuquerque | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Advancing Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Puerto Rico-Carolina | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Charleston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bluefield University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the Incarnate Word | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Art Institute of Houston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Marty University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Point Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drexel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| George Fox University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Findlay | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of North Dakota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chowan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Appalachian State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Villa Maria College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Touro University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Syracuse University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY Buffalo State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New York University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kean University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin Pierce University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Webster University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stephens College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of the Ozarks | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Missouri Western State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drury University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Northwestern-St Paul | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Siena Heights University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kuyper College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lawrence Technological University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Davenport University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Suffolk University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northeastern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lesley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emerson College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Becker College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $63,825 | No data |
| Morgan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Baltimore | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Maine College of Art & Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Murray State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Morningside University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Grand View University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Buena Vista University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ball State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Central College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elmhurst University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bradley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $31,250 | No data |
| American Academy of Art College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lewis-Clark State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Idaho State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Georgia Southern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Art Institute of Atlanta | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tampa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gulf Coast State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| AI Miami International University of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | $31,962 | No data | No data |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lynn University | Bachelor's Degree | $28,690 | No data | No data |
| Wilmington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado Mesa University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Loyola Marymount University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chapman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,239 | No data |
| California State University-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southwest University of Visual Arts-Tucson | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Living Arts College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,399 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,463 |
| School of Visual Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $96,373 | $14,518 |
| Kansas City Art Institute | Bachelor's Degree | $39,325 | No data | $15,235 |
| Regent University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $15,565 |
| Atlantic University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $15,682 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $15,913 |
| California College of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $55,202 | $28,610 | $16,698 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,619 |
| DePaul University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,293 | $19,606 |
| Columbus College of Art & Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,741 | $19,608 |
| East Tennessee State University | Bachelor's Degree | $29,277 | No data | $19,656 |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,090 |
| Fairmont State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,857 |
| Huntington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,899 |
| Los Angeles Film School | Bachelor's Degree | $39,077 | $26,666 | $21,111 |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | $98,970 | $96,230 | $21,127 |
| Virginia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,477 |
| Full Sail University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,247 |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | $77,273 | $79,381 | $22,279 |
| Pratt Institute-Main | Bachelor's Degree | $105,557 | $113,977 | $22,391 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | $53,768 | $46,570 | $22,857 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,915 |
| Sam Houston State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,330 |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $100,883 | $23,819 |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,207 |
| College for Creative Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $79,861 | $87,291 | $24,602 |
| Eastern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | $22,542 | No data | $25,302 |
| George Mason University | Bachelor's Degree | $48,917 | $40,500 | $26,474 |
| Indian River State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,863 |
| SAE Expression College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,398 |
| University of Silicon Valley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $51,096 | $27,541 |
| Academy of Art University | Bachelor's Degree | $88,149 | $72,491 | $27,837 |
| Sanford-Brown College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,075 |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | $36,808 | $26,421 | $29,457 |
| Ferris State University | Bachelor's Degree | $29,113 | $20,771 | $31,428 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,565 |
| Mount Ida College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,527 |
| Western Illinois University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,608 |
| Pittsburg State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,029 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $33,482 | $24,728 | $33,166 |
| California Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,784 |
| University of Northern Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,933 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,300 |
| Carroll University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,463 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,798 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,048 |
| Roger Williams University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,588 |
| Baker College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,944 |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,362 |
| University of Central Missouri | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,481 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,536 |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $125,003 | $44,528 |
| Illinois State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,259 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $38,174 | $49,435 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,865 | $51,726 |
| Art Center College of Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,126 |
| University of Technology Sydney | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Winchester (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westwood College - South Bay | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hertfordshire | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Minnesota School of Business | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad del Sagrado Corazon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornish College of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Edward's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Holy Family University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oklahoma Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| State University of New York at Oswego | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wichita State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hawaii-West Oahu | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California College of ASU | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California Institute of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |