Program Payoff

Fine and Studio Arts programs in Minnesota

18 schools in Minnesota teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $16,345 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

What this work pays in Minnesota

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Minnesota earn a median of $76,460 a year across 16,020 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Minnesota
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$77,7601,310
Art Directors$109,700920
Photographers$46,470730
Curators$53,920220
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$54,310220

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minneapolis Associate's degree $16,345 (14 grads) 8
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids Associate's degree not published 12
Bemidji State University Bemidji Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Central Lakes College-Brainerd Brainerd Associate's degree not published 1
Century College White Bear Lake Associate's degree not published 0
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet Associate's degree not published 0
Inver Hills Community College Inver Grove Heights Associate's degree not published 4
Lake Superior College Duluth Associate's degree not published 3
Minnesota North College Hibbing Associate's degree not published 1
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls Associate's degree not published 1
Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Normandale Community College Bloomington Associate's degree not published 8
North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park Associate's degree not published 4
Riverland Community College Austin Associate's degree not published 4
Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester Associate's degree not published 6
Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud Undergraduate certificate not published 0
South Central College North Mankato Associate's degree not published 2

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.