University of North Carolina School of the Arts

What are the graduation rates for students at University of North Carolina School of the Arts?

UNCSA's reported four-year graduation rate is 74%, while its six-year rate is 78%. These are cohort measures for first-time, full-time undergraduates, not a prediction of what will happen to any individual student or a completion rate for all transfer and graduate students.

The relatively small difference between the four- and six-year figures indicates that many of the counted graduates finished within four years. The reported first-year retention rate is 93%, meaning most students in the measured entering cohort returned the following fall; retention and graduation measure different outcomes. Rates can change from one entering cohort to another, particularly at a school with comparatively small classes, and they do not by themselves explain why students continue, transfer, or leave.

What is the earning potential for graduates at University of North Carolina School of the Arts?

Program-level earnings figures offer a limited view of early career outcomes for some former UNCSA students. Reported figures for earnings about one year after completion include $16,577 for Dance, $25,424 for Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, and $25,305 for Film/Video and Photographic Arts.

College Scorecard field-of-study earnings measures concern former students in the covered federal-aid population who have qualifying earnings records; they do not describe every graduate. The figures are early-career measures, not starting-salary offers or guaranteed annual income. Arts workers may combine jobs, freelance projects, further study, and periods of unpaid creative work, none of which can be fully understood from a single earnings number. Students comparing programs should consider likely expenses and borrowing alongside these figures, while recognizing that later career paths may look quite different.