Program Payoff

Film/Video and Photographic Arts programs in Idaho

2 schools in Idaho teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Idaho

Producers and Directors in Idaho earn a median of $61,150 a year across 380 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Idaho
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$72,300250
Photographers$33,320190
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$58,140120
Film and Video Editors$54,080100

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Boise State University Boise Undergraduate certificate not published 9
North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene Associate's degree not published 4

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.