Which The New School bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Radio, TV, and Digital Media graduates leave with a median of $22,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 The New School bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does The New School cost?

Tuition and fees are $58,694 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $58,741 a year.

How many The New School programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at The New School report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

The New School Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

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New York, NY
6,563 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 The New School bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Arts Management pays the most in the first year ($37,743), and Music the least ($12,109). The median program pays $25,618. The New School also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$58,694Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$58,741Per year

Graduation rate69%Within 6 years

Admission rate63%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Arts ManagementAbout 139 graduates a year	$37,743	$78,350	$25,000	1st of 10
2	PsychologyAbout 60 graduates a year	$34,033	Not reported	$26,000	19th of 65
3	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 32 graduates a year	$32,169	Not reported	$22,375	5th of 14
4	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 186 graduates a year	$29,550	Not reported	$25,489	4th of 4
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 71 graduates a year	$27,701	$41,609	$26,750	16th of 22
6	International StudiesAbout 26 graduates a year	$27,652	$45,612	$22,792	3rd of 4
7	LiteratureAbout 30 graduates a year	$25,618	Not reported	$23,750	2nd of 2
8	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 496 graduates a year	$24,804	$59,797	$26,000	13th of 18
9	CommunicationsAbout 62 graduates a year	$22,365	$54,079	$23,241	47th of 48
10	Film and PhotographyAbout 84 graduates a year	$21,523	$53,471	$25,829	13th of 18
11	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 72 graduates a year	$20,967	Not reported	$25,000	26th of 35
12	TheatreAbout 70 graduates a year	$17,113	$24,596	$25,000	22nd of 31
13	MusicAbout 111 graduates a year	$12,109	$23,875	$24,000	15th of 15

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 105 graduates a year	$44,640	$56,224	$21,211	1st of 10
Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 33 graduates a year	$41,562	$64,652	Not reported	1st of 3

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Arts Management$37,743
Psychology$34,033
Radio, TV, and Digital Media$32,169
Software and Media Applications$29,550
Liberal Arts and General Studies$27,701

Lowest median debt

Radio, TV, and Digital Media$22,375
International Studies$22,792
Communications$23,241
Literature$23,750
Music$24,000

Largest programs

Design and Applied ArtsAbout 496 graduates a year
Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 186 graduates a year
Arts ManagementAbout 139 graduates a year
MusicAbout 111 graduates a year
Film and PhotographyAbout 84 graduates a year

Common questions

Arts Management graduates earn a median of $37,743 in their first year, the most of 13 The New School bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels