Program Payoff

Fine and Studio Arts programs in New Jersey

19 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $20,140 at Hudson County Community College.

What this work pays in New Jersey

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in New Jersey earn a median of $82,200 a year across 38,140 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in New Jersey
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$80,1003,300
Art Directors$129,2001,840
Photographers$40,5201,460
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$59,480780
Curators$77,800120

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Hudson County Community College Jersey City Associate's degree $20,140 (13 grads) 31
County College of Morris Randolph Associate's degree $10,000 not published 48
Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing Associate's degree not published 13
Brookdale Community College Lincroft Associate's degree not published 9
Camden County College Blackwood Associate's degree not published 3
Essex County College Newark Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Essex County College Newark Associate's degree not published 10
Felician University Lodi Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Ocean County College Toms River Associate's degree not published 7
Passaic County Community College Paterson Associate's degree not published 2
Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg Associate's degree not published 36
Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel Associate's degree not published 1
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland Associate's degree not published 5
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell Undergraduate certificate not published
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell Associate's degree not published
Salem Community College Carneys Point Associate's degree not published 11
Sussex County Community College Newton Associate's degree not published 5

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.