The Art Institutes Rankings by Salary Score

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The Art Institutes's Top Rankings
The Art Institutes is ranked on 4 lists of the best colleges by earnings one year out of college.
Salary and Debt by Major at The Art Institutes
We calculated a salary score for each of The Art Institutes's programs by comparing program-specific median alumni earnings to median alumni earnings for the same program across all schools that provide this data. This way, students can compare the relative salary strength of a specific major at The Art Institutes to the same major at other schools. A school's overall score by level is based on the school's by-program performance weighted by student enrollment in each program. Data is sourced from the December 2020 release of the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard and reflects median alumni debt upon graduation and median alumni earnings in the year after graduation for students who received federal financial aid. Debt and salary numbers are shown rounded to the nearest $10.
Salary Scores for AI Associate Degrees
Field of Study | Employment Rate | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | $23,000 | $33,990 | |
Business/Commerce, General | Not Reported | $24,620 | |
Computer Software and Media Applications | $20,890 | $25,450 | |
Criminal Justice and Corrections | Not Reported | $15,550 | |
Culinary Arts and Related Services | $21,060 | $25,890 | |
Design and Applied Arts | $20,130 | $23,480 | |
Film/Video and Photographic Arts | $23,380 | $19,050 | |
Health and Medical Administrative Services | Not Reported | $15,920 | |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | $23,610 | $20,140 | |
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | $21,170 | $24,560 |
Salary Scores for AI Bachelor's Degrees
Field of Study | Employment Rate | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | $43,100 | $22,190 | |
Computer Software and Media Applications | $36,820 | $36,990 | |
Criminal Justice and Corrections | Not Reported | $33,990 | |
Culinary Arts and Related Services | $34,000 | $26,980 | |
Design and Applied Arts | $38,670 | $30,970 | |
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Not Reported | $33,990 | |
Film/Video and Photographic Arts | $39,500 | $25,580 | |
Fine and Studio Arts | $40,390 | $20,780 | |
Graphic Communications | $32,500 | $23,000 | |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | $33,450 | $30,450 |
Salary Scores for AI Master's Degrees
Field of Study | Employment Rate | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Design and Applied Arts | Not Reported | $31,310 |
Salary Scores for AI Certificates
Field of Study | Employment Rate | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Culinary Arts and Related Services | $18,910 | $22,420 | |
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Not Reported | $32,570 |
Most Recent Reviews
DO NOT go to this school!!! Its a complete joke. 1 & 2nd term are going to feel normal. And then all of a sudden you're kicked out with no explanation. I went to every department. They told me to call a number. I ask for the number. " oh we dont have it" EXCUSE ME?? IM KICKED out. Lost all my aid and my apartment (because i had loans out for living) Then i go to request my transcripts because I had to move 800 miles back home. And I HAD TO PAY 2K TO GET THEM?! DO. NOT. GO. HERE.!!!! IM NOW 23K In debt and... Read More
I had spent over a YEAR working at a sewing factory and working in retail to save enough money to move to Nashville, where one of the Art Institutes was (it is now closed). Everything was going so well; I rented a motel room so I could attend the interview, I got accepted, I kept in constant contact with the staff (who was very nice), one of them even helped me find a great place to live, which is the apartments that are literally a stone-throw away from the campus. I had moved all the way from my home state,... Read More