Arts & design

Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

Massachusetts College of Art and Design · Boston, MA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$42,180Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,940Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded4Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$27,823
Arts & design · national$27,590

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $23,063–$29,006.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
St. Mary's College of MarylandDrama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts$21,166
Truman State UniversityDrama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts$28,960
Rutgers University-CamdenFine and Studio Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music · shared campus reporting$31,839
Winthrop UniversityDance, Design and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts, Music$20,596
West Liberty UniversityDesign and Applied Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$29,762
University of Connecticut-StamfordDrama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music · shared campus reporting$28,598
Ramapo College of New JerseyFine and Studio Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music$27,048
SUNY at Purchase CollegeDance, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music, Visual and Performing Arts, General, Visual and Performing Arts, Other$23,269
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaDance, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Music$29,141
SUNY College at PlattsburghFine and Studio Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$24,636
Westfield State UniversityFine and Studio Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$28,787
New College of FloridaLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$22,444
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗