Program Payoff

Film/Video and Photographic Arts programs in Massachusetts

3 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,820 a year across 4,960 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Massachusetts
Producers and Directors$80,9703,440
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$82,6101,110
Photographers$57,990830
Film and Video Editors$92,130550
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$61,320370

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Greenfield Community College Greenfield Associate's degree not published 6
Holyoke Community College Holyoke Undergraduate certificate not published
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst Undergraduate certificate not published 15

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.