Program Payoff

Design and Applied Arts programs in Utah

12 schools in Utah teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $31,839 at Ensign College.

What this work pays in Utah

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Utah earn a median of $61,370 a year across 3,640 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Utah
Graphic Designers$62,3102,720
Interior Designers$61,7401,110
Web and Digital Interface Designers$99,9901,060
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$66,220790
Photographers$52,140660

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Ensign College Salt Lake City Associate's degree $31,839 (12 grads) 45
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City Associate's degree $10,088 $26,353 (49 grads) 57
Bridgerland Technical College Logan Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Eagle Gate College-Murray Murray Associate's degree not published
Ensign College Salt Lake City Undergraduate certificate not published 27
Provo College Provo Associate's degree not published
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City Undergraduate certificate not published 4
University of Utah Salt Lake City Undergraduate certificate not published
Utah State University Logan Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Utah Valley University Orem Undergraduate certificate not published 202
Utah Valley University Orem Associate's degree not published 105
Weber State University Ogden Associate's degree not published 6

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.