Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Bachelor's Degree · about 49 graduates a year

$25,506
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$53,695
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$43,765
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#17 of 144
Rank by pay
#25 of 144
Rank, wage-adjusted
$11,894
Median federal debt

Brigham Young University graduates in film/video and photographic arts earn 23% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 22% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Brigham Young 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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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
19University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA$52,699$47,953#37$24,840
20American University Washington, DC$52,661$46,145#49$26,767

Other Majors at Brigham Young University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer Science$142,800$90,625#39 of 349
Computer Engineering$133,111$88,785#21 of 189
Finance and Financial Management Services$129,879$83,876#12 of 452
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$118,606$83,533#4 of 99
Business/Managerial Economics$117,015$75,227#4 of 84
Computer and Information Sciences$113,338$80,934#70 of 459
Marketing$112,596$64,256#1 of 516
Business Administration, Management and Operations$105,544$71,163#24 of 1176
Chemical Engineering$101,726$77,565#42 of 158
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$99,774$77,060#110 of 258
Construction Management$98,073$73,678#18 of 57
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$97,085$64,061#4 of 67
Accounting and Related Services$96,632$68,393#70 of 796
Human Resources Management and Services$96,354$59,842#6 of 187
Statistics$96,164$63,671#19 of 50
Economics$95,227$63,332#83 of 368
Manufacturing Engineering$92,122$69,520#5 of 15
Mechanical Engineering$90,634$67,668#170 of 318
Political Science and Government$83,209$47,020#32 of 565
Civil Engineering$81,928$68,685#162 of 233
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$80,841$51,436#9 of 178
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods—$79,777—
Graphic Communications$73,941$38,725#4 of 59
Physics$73,747$68,664#76 of 107
International Relations and National Security Studies$71,622$50,563#37 of 118
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services$71,066$46,439#1 of 12
Communication and Media Studies$68,843$46,747#60 of 660
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$68,321$25,101#17 of 64
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology—$68,084—
Housing and Human Environments—$67,737—

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Graduates earn a median $25,506 one year after graduating and $53,695 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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

Among 144 colleges reporting earnings for film/video and photographic arts graduates, Brigham Young University ranks #17 by median pay four years after graduation, and #25 after adjusting for state wage levels.

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

Its graduates earn 23% more than the national median for film/video and photographic arts ($43,765), and the median federal debt at graduation is $11,894.

← All data for Brigham Young 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.