Which Pratt Institute major has the lowest debt?

Design and Applied Arts and Writing and Rhetoric graduates leave with a median of $26,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Pratt Institute bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Pratt Institute cost?

Tuition and fees are $61,845 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $52,659 a year.

How many Pratt Institute programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Pratt Institute report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Pratt Institute Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Pratt Institute-Main
Private nonprofit school
Brooklyn, NY
3,910 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Pratt Institute bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Architectural Technology pays the most in the first year ($58,246), and Film and Photography the least ($16,710). The median program pays $19,445.

Tuition and fees$61,845Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$52,659Per year

Graduation rate74%Within 6 years

Admission rate73%Of applicants

All 6 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	Architectural TechnologyAbout 129 graduates a year	$58,246	Not reported	$31,000	2nd of 5
2	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 369 graduates a year	$36,040	$67,814	$26,000	3rd of 18
3	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 56 graduates a year	$20,048	$53,693	$26,724	4th of 6
4	Writing and RhetoricAbout 23 graduates a year	$18,842	Not reported	$26,000	11th of 12
5	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 97 graduates a year	$18,451	$29,782	$27,000	32nd of 35
6	Film and PhotographyAbout 70 graduates a year	$16,710	$34,194	$27,000	18th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Design and Applied ArtsAbout 369 graduates a year
Architectural TechnologyAbout 129 graduates a year
Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 97 graduates a year
Film and PhotographyAbout 70 graduates a year
Graphic CommunicationsAbout 56 graduates a year

Common questions

Architectural Technology graduates earn a median of $58,246 in their first year, the most of 6 Pratt Institute 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