Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Bachelor's Degree · about 60 graduates a year

$26,331
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$54,115
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$43,765
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#15 of 144
Rank by pay
#21 of 144
Rank, wage-adjusted
$26,875
Median federal debt

Syracuse University graduates in film/video and photographic arts earn 24% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 50% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Syracuse University Compares for Film/Video and Photographic Arts

All 144 colleges reporting film/video and photographic arts earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA$78,034$80,781#1$51,772
2University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$70,963$64,572#2$29,011
3Chapman University Orange, CA$66,494$60,505#3$35,795
4Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ$63,679$55,890#8$38,508
5Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ$63,679$55,890#9$38,508
6Seattle University Seattle, WA$62,385$57,381#5$30,256
7Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA$61,500$55,961#6$24,561
8Tufts University Medford, MA$59,960$52,801#15$56,418
9New York University New York, NY$58,720$55,889#10$23,869
10University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA$58,623$53,343#14$34,187
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12University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI$57,059$60,162#4$25,565
13Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY$55,285$52,620#18$25,014
14Fordham University Bronx, NY$54,738$52,099#19$36,704
15Syracuse University Syracuse, NY$54,115$51,506#21$26,331
16Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA$54,106$47,646#39$28,498
17Brigham Young University Provo, UT$53,695$50,890#25$25,506
18Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY$52,970$50,416#28$28,858

Other Majors at Syracuse University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$120,773$82,378#36 of 459
Finance and Financial Management Services$120,274$72,819#18 of 452
Accounting and Related Services$112,682$75,294#15 of 796
Computer Engineering$110,988$84,793#75 of 189
Information Science/Studies$104,842$73,033#12 of 148
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$99,521$64,660#34 of 118
Business Administration, Management and Operations$91,472$65,009#47 of 1176
Mechanical Engineering$91,438$66,789#148 of 318
Marketing$91,235$57,777#18 of 516
Real Estate$90,764$59,396#10 of 25
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$90,535$54,934#1 of 178
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$90,470$71,417#50 of 59
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$90,210$55,192#2 of 8
Public Administration$89,732$53,912#2 of 47
Civil Engineering$88,996$74,748#67 of 233
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$87,851$55,039#6 of 67
Biotechnology$87,596$44,418#3 of 13
Chemical Engineering$87,529$72,864#136 of 158
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$84,654$39,825#7 of 225
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering—$84,494—
Economics$83,649$55,974#149 of 368
Mathematics$81,941$53,223#74 of 309
Architectural Sciences and Technology$76,367$58,622#6 of 22
Political Science and Government$75,239$43,232#64 of 565
Geography and Cartography$71,543—#12 of 117
Design and Applied Arts$71,527$46,181#16 of 299
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$70,815$37,556#9 of 158
Journalism$70,404$40,757#11 of 187
Communication and Media Studies$70,106$36,767#45 of 660
Public Health$69,776$43,280#29 of 215

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Syracuse University film/video and photographic arts graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $26,331 one year after graduating and $54,115 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Syracuse University rank for film/video and photographic arts?

Among 144 colleges reporting earnings for film/video and photographic arts graduates, Syracuse University ranks #15 by median pay four years after graduation, and #21 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is film/video and photographic arts at Syracuse University worth it?

Its graduates earn 24% more than the national median for film/video and photographic arts ($43,765), and the median federal debt at graduation is $26,875.

← All data for Syracuse University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.