Graduates of Ringling College earn median 4-year earnings of $49,311, placing Ringling College of Art and Design in the 9.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Ringling College of Art and Design sits in the 8.3 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Ringling College of Art and Design #1104 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These outcomes reflect the institution's focus on visual and performing arts, a field where early-career earnings depend heavily on individual talent, portfolio strength, and market access rather than institutional prestige alone. The earnings pattern centers on creative and design-focused programs. Graphic Communications is the largest program with 118 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $75,213. Design and Applied Arts follows with 118 graduates earning $47,937, and the The Fine and The Studio Arts program graduates 57 students earning $36,346. These programs anchor Ringling's degree output and reflect the institution's specialized mission in arts education. Graduates in these fields typically enter creative industries, freelance work, or entry-level positions in design, animation, and media production — career paths where earnings growth often accelerates as portfolios mature and professional networks deepen over the first decade after graduation.
Graduates of Ringling College earn median 4-year earnings of $49,311, placing Ringling College of Art and Design in the 9.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Ringling College of Art and Design sits in the 8.3 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Ringling College of Art and Design #1104 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These outcomes reflect the institution's focus on visual and performing arts, a field where early-career earnings depend heavily on individual talent, portfolio strength, and market access rather than institutional prestige alone. The earnings pattern centers on creative and design-focused programs. Graphic Communications is the largest program with 118 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $75,213. Design and Applied Arts follows with 118 graduates earning $47,937, and the The Fine and The Studio Arts program graduates 57 students earning $36,346. These programs anchor Ringling's degree output and reflect the institution's specialized mission in arts education. Graduates in these fields typically enter creative industries, freelance work, or entry-level positions in design, animation, and media production — career paths where earnings growth often accelerates as portfolios mature and professional networks deepen over the first decade after graduation.
Latest FE earnings field: 10-year
Lower quartile, 10-year field
How graduate earnings grow across the currently available FE horizons.
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Graduates of Ringling College earn median 4-year earnings of $49,311, placing Ringling College of Art and Design in the 9.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Ringling College of Art and Design sits in the 8.3 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Ringling College of Art and Design #1104 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These outcomes reflect the institution's focus on visual and performing arts, a field where early-career earnings depend heavily on individual talent, portfolio strength, and market access rather than institutional prestige alone. The earnings pattern centers on creative and design-focused programs. Graphic Communications is the largest program with 118 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $75,213. Design and Applied Arts follows with 118 graduates earning $47,937, and the The Fine and The Studio Arts program graduates 57 students earning $36,346. These programs anchor Ringling's degree output and reflect the institution's specialized mission in arts education. Graduates in these fields typically enter creative industries, freelance work, or entry-level positions in design, animation, and media production — career paths where earnings growth often accelerates as portfolios mature and professional networks deepen over the first decade after graduation.
Program mix and student pathways explain much of the earnings story.
Ringling College of Art and Design concentrates its program portfolio in visual and performing arts — a signature that aligns with the institution's mission as a specialized design and arts college. Graphic Communications is the largest program with 118 graduates, followed by Design and Applied Arts with 118 graduates, Fine and Studio Arts with 57 graduates, Film/Video and Photographic Arts with 49 graduates, and Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies with 6 graduates. Across 0 ranked programs serving roughly 348 students annually, the institution's earnings outcomes reflect the creative-industries labor market and the specialized nature of arts-focused training. Four years after enrollment, median earnings across Ringling College of Art and Design's programs range from $36,346 for Fine and Studio Arts to $75,213 for Graphic Communications. The Graphic Communications program graduates 118 students and delivers the institution's strongest four-year earnings, while Design and Applied Arts with 118 graduates earns $47,937 four years after enrollment. Film/Video and Photographic Arts with 49 graduates earns $41,024, reflecting the earnings diversity within creative and design fields. As a specialized arts institution, Ringling College of Art and Design serves students whose career trajectories often extend beyond the four-year measurement window — many graduates pursue advanced study, freelance or portfolio-building work, or creative entrepreneurship where early-career earnings undercount lifetime trajectory. The supply and demand for college graduates provides context for how creative-industries fields align with labor-market demand and career-pathway diversity in design, animation, film, and fine arts.
Upper quartile, 10-year field
Graduates of Ringling College earn median 4-year earnings of $49,311, placing Ringling College of Art and Design in the 9.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Ringling College of Art and Design sits in the 8.3 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Ringling College of Art and Design #1104 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These outcomes reflect the institution's focus on visual and performing arts, a field where early-career earnings depend heavily on individual talent, portfolio strength, and market access rather than institutional prestige alone. The earnings pattern centers on creative and design-focused programs. Graphic Communications is the largest program with 118 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $75,213. Design and Applied Arts follows with 118 graduates earning $47,937, and the The Fine and The Studio Arts program graduates 57 students earning $36,346. These programs anchor Ringling's degree output and reflect the institution's specialized mission in arts education. Graduates in these fields typically enter creative industries, freelance work, or entry-level positions in design, animation, and media production — career paths where earnings growth often accelerates as portfolios mature and professional networks deepen over the first decade after graduation.
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