Design and Applied Arts

Southwestern Community College offers a range of programs aimed at providing practical skills for various careers. The Design and Applied Arts program, while fostering creativity, presents challenges with a high debt payoff period of 1000 months and a negative lifetime value, making it a less viable financial investment with a starting salary below typical living wages.

Lifetime Value

$-16,871

Warning: It's better to just get ANY job than to join this program!

This program has a negative lifetime value - that means that your salary won't go up enough to cover the costs + debt of going!

Position

Design / Applied Arts

Sylva, NC

Southwestern Community College

Starting Salary

$ 26,494

Cost per year

$ 9,344