Arts & design

Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$40,306Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$23,474Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

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$30,439
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: $28,047–$33,179.

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
University of Wisconsin-MadisonDesign and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Music$29,685
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDesign and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$26,354
University of California-DavisDesign and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$28,176
University of Washington-Seattle CampusDance, Design and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$31,305
North Carolina State University at RaleighDesign and Applied Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$36,401
University of GeorgiaDrama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Music$24,035
Ohio State University-Main CampusDance, Design and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music$27,660
Clemson UniversityDesign and Applied Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Visual and Performing Arts, Other$28,598
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusFilm/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$31,193
Purdue University-Main CampusDesign and Applied Arts, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$38,289
Auburn UniversityDesign and Applied Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Music$39,271
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusDesign and Applied Arts, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Music, Visual and Performing Arts, General$32,106
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 ↗