| 排名 | 學校名稱 | 學校英文名 | 職業早期薪水 | 職業中期薪水 |
| 1 | 紐約時裝學院 | Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY | $45,500 | $92,600 |
| 2 | 紐約大學 | New York University | $43,900 | $88,000 |
| 3 | 舊金山州立大學 | San Francisco State University (SFSU) | $41,500 | $85,000 |
| 4 | 藝術設計學院 | Art Center College of Design | $52,000 | $84,700 |
| 5 | 羅德島設計學院 | Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | $45,600 | $81,600 |
| 6 | 加州州立大學長灘分校 | California State University - Long Beach (CSULB) | $35,900 | $81,300 |
| 7 | 加州大學爾灣分校 | University of California - Irvine (UCI) | $35,000 | $78,000 |
| 8 | 普拉特學院 | Pratt Institute | $42,200 | $77,500 |
| 9 | 天普大學 | Temple University | $40,900 | $76,100 |
| 10 | 圣何塞州立大學 | San Jose State University (SJSU) | $48,900 | $75,800 |
| 11 | 圣地亞哥州立大學 | San Diego State University (SDSU) - Main Campus | $37,700 | $75,100 |
| 12 | 德克薩斯理工大學 | Texas Tech University | $39,300 | $75,000 |
| 13 | 創意研究學院 | College for Creative Studies | $42,800 | $74,700 |
| 14 | 西華盛頓大學 | Western Washington University | $39,300 | $73,600 |
| 15 | 雷德福大學 | Radford University | $36,100 | $71,800 |
| 16 | 藝術學院大學 | Academy of Art University | $48,300 | $71,000 |
| 16 | 雪城大學 | Syracuse University | $40,800 | $71,000 |
| 18 | 紐約視覺藝術學院 | School of Visual Arts (SVA) - New York, NY | $45,700 | $70,300 |
| 19 | 密歇根州立大學 | Michigan State University (MSU) | $33,800 | $70,000 |
| 20 | 明尼蘇達大學雙城分校 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | $39,900 | $69,500 |
| 20 | 愛荷華大學 | University of Iowa (UI) | $32,600 | $69,500 |
| 22 | 加州大學洛杉磯分校 | University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) | $41,600 | $69,300 |
| 22 | 羅切斯特理工學院 | Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | $42,500 | $69,300 |
| 22 | 馬薩諸塞藝術設計學院 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | $42,100 | $69,300 |
| 25 | 加州藝術學院 | California College of the Arts | $43,900 | $68,700 |
| 26 | 馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩郡分校 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | $34,700 | $68,600 |
| 27 | 韋恩州立大學 | Wayne State University - Detroit, MI | $34,600 | $68,000 |
| 28 | 伊利諾伊州立大學 | Illinois State University | $35,400 | $67,700 |
| 29 | 德雷塞爾大學 | Drexel University | $38,300 | $67,400 |
| 30 | 辛辛那提大學 | University of Cincinnati (UC) | $42,700 | $66,300 |
| 31 | 威斯康大學斯圖特分校 | University of Wisconsin (UW) - Stout Campus | $38,700 | $66,200 |
| 32 | 羅格斯大學 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick Campus | $43,100 | $65,800 |
| 33 | 北伊利諾伊大學 | Northern Illinois University (NIU) | $41,500 | $65,300 |
| 34 | 佛羅里達中央大學 | University of Central Florida (UCF) | $34,000 | $65,000 |
| 35 | 伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校 | University of Illinois at Chicago | $43,100 | $64,700 |
| 36 | 弗吉尼亞聯邦大學 | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | $39,000 | $64,200 |
| 37 | 東北大學 | Northeastern University | $45,100 | $64,100 |
| 38 | 愛荷華州立大學 | Iowa State University | $35,900 | $64,000 |
| 39 | 北德克薩斯大學 | University of North Texas (UNT) | $35,500 | $63,900 |
| 40 | 紐約州立大學奧斯威戈分校 | SUNY - College at Oswego | $33,500 | $63,400 |
| 41 | 印第安納大學伯明頓分校 | Indiana University (IU) - Bloomington | $34,900 | $63,000 |
| 42 | 哥倫布藝術設計學院 | Columbus College of Art And Design | $37,900 | $62,600 |
| 42 | 費城大學 | Philadelphia University | $41,000 | $62,600 |
| 44 | 亞利桑那州立大學 | Arizona State University (ASU) | $40,800 | $62,400 |
| 45 | 薩凡納藝術設計學院 | Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) | $40,400 | $62,300 |
| 46 | 堪薩斯大學 | University of Kansas | $36,800 | $61,600 |
| 47 | 芝加哥哥倫比亞學院 | Columbia College - Chicago, IL | $37,300 | $61,300 |
| 48 | 德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校 | University of Texas (UT) - Austin | $40,500 | $61,100 |
| 49 | 加州州立大學北嶺分校 | California State University - Northridge (CSUN) | $38,100 | $61,000 |
| 50 | 芝加哥藝術學院 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | $39,600 | $60,000 |
| 50 | 薩姆休斯敦州立大學 | Sam Houston State University | $35,700 | $60,000 |
| 52 | 佛羅里達大學 | University of Florida (UF) | $38,500 | $58,900 |
| 53 | 加州大學圣塔芭芭拉分校 | University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB) | $38,700 | $58,600 |
| 54 | 科羅拉多大學博爾德分校 | University of Colorado - Boulder (UCB) | $41,100 | $58,300 |
| 55 | 東密歇根大學 | Eastern Michigan University | $33,900 | $57,200 |
| 56 | 肯特州立大學 | Kent State University (KSU) | $33,800 | $56,700 |
| 57 | 路易斯安那州立大學 | Louisiana State University (LSU) | $41,200 | $56,500 |
| 58 | 威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校 | University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison | $35,400 | $56,400 |
| 59 | 科羅拉多州立大學 | Colorado State University (CSU) | $35,700 | $56,200 |
| 60 | 紐約州立大學水牛城學院 | SUNY - College at Buffalo | $36,600 | $56,000 |
| 61 | 華盛頓州立大學 | Washington State University (WSU) | $40,000 | $55,500 |
| 62 | 亞利桑那大學 | University of Arizona | $39,500 | $55,300 |
| 63 | 俄勒岡大學 | University of Oregon | $41,600 | $55,000 |
| 64 | 波特蘭州立大學 | Portland State University (PSU) | $41,300 | $54,100 |
| 65 | 奧本大學 | Auburn University | $36,700 | $54,000 |
| 66 | 佛羅里達州立大學 | Florida State University (FSU) | $36,600 | $53,900 |
| 67 | 加州州立大學奇科分校 | California State University - Chico | $44,500 | $53,500 |
| 68 | 邁阿密大學（俄亥俄） | Miami University - Oxford, OH | $46,500 | $53,000 |
| 69 | 馬里蘭藝術學院 | Maryland Institute College of Art | $36,800 | $52,400 |
| 70 | 北卡羅來納大學格林斯伯勒分校 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) | $33,700 | $52,300 |
| 71 | 中田納西州立大學 | Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) | $41,100 | $51,500 |
| 71 | 威斯康辛大學密爾沃基分校 | University of Wisconsin (UWM) - Milwaukee | $34,000 | $51,500 |
| 73 | 猶他大學 | University of Utah | $41,500 | $50,600 |
| 74 | 博林格林州立大學 | Bowling Green State University | $33,600 | $50,500 |
| 75 | 俄亥俄大學 | Ohio University | $40,000 | $50,000 |
| 76 | 密蘇里州立大學 | Missouri State University (MSU) | $39,900 | $49,700 |
| 77 | 鮑爾州立大學 | Ball State University (BSU) | $30,800 | $49,400 |
| 78 | 埃丁伯勒賓夕法尼亞大學 | Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | $31,700 | $49,000 |
| 79 | 俄亥俄州立大學 | Ohio State University (OSU) | $40,500 | $48,900 |
參考資料：2014-15 Best Schools by Salary Potential for Art Majors (Full List) PayScale