CIP 5007 · Bachelor's Degree · Western Colorado University

Fine and Studio Arts at Western Colorado University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Western Colorado University. 14 completers in the most recent 4-year window (28 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $28,705.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$28,705
Colorado CIP-4 median $43,850
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$35,251
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
14
28 most recent year
SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142016$20,493
$26,157$20,49320142016
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201914
281420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142016-22%

Fine and Studio Arts at Western Colorado University · debt_median fell

26,157 → 20,493

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$305,659
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$15,090
HS-only baseline · CO
$40,100
Years to complete
4
CIP family
50

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5007

Fine and Studio Arts across Colorado institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Colorado Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →