Fashion Institute of Technology Arts Management (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
- Public school
- New York, NY
- About 18 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Fashion Institute of Technology arts management graduates earn about what arts management graduates earn nationally, $27,941 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,734 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,000. Several New York programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all arts management bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Fashion Institute of Technology graduates earn less than the national figure and about $6,666 less than the New York median. Several New York programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York arts management program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 35% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $262 a month, or 11.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
100% of graduates (17 of 17) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $27,941 salary here buys what about $24,823 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to arts management, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Producers and Directors
$107,550Median pay in New York. 27,990 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 12,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
$79,620Median pay in New York. 2,660 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Music Directors and Composers
$82,930Median pay in New York. 2,370 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Fashion Institute of Technology
Arts Management ranks 5th of 9 bachelor's programs at Fashion Institute of Technology by first-year earnings. The top three are Specialized Sales and Merchandising ($42,717), Apparel and Textiles ($40,463), and Marketing ($37,663).
Other arts management bachelor's programs near New York
Common questions
The median graduate earns $27,941 one year after graduating and $37,854 five years after. The median across arts management bachelor's programs in New York is $28,730.
The median federal loan balance is $24,734, which ranks 3rd lowest of 10 arts management bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $262 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 89% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 92%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New York programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 100% (17 of 17) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the arts management program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024