Is a Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management degree worth it?
Across 36 schools, graduates of Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management earn a median $42,075 five years out on $24,808 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Producers and Directors (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$42,075
Median debt
$24,808
Years to pay off
5.5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
49%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
-17.4%
$38,689 vs $45,421
Net price
$21,652/yr
Debt-test failures
25.9%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$19,558
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.