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Design at Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, MO · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's Degree · Design and Applied Arts
36 /100
DegreeOutlook Score (Base Case)
37
Optimistic
36
Base Case
40
Pessimistic
Earnings $39,623/yr (17% vs median)
AI Risk High (38% exposed)
Job Market Very Large (101,000 openings/yr)
ROI 4.6x earnings multiple
Ranked #127 of 290 Design and Applied Arts programs Top 50%

How AI Changes the Outlook

Three scenarios based on how aggressively AI disrupts the career paths available to Design graduates.

Optimistic
No Disruption		 Base Case
Gradual AI		 Pessimistic
Aggressive AI
10-Year Earnings $506K $505K $479K
Earnings Multiple 4.7x 4.6x 4.4x
Probability of Field Employment 63% 57% 46%
DegreeOutlook Score 37 36 40

10-Year Earnings Projection

*Year 1 uses actual reported earnings. Scenarios diverge as AI impact compounds over time.

4-Year Tuition (Sticker)
$108,664
4-Year Net Price (After Aid)
$104,188
4% less than sticker · See by income
Median Debt at Graduation
$20,500
6.2 months of Year 1 earnings
Reported Earnings (5 Year)
$49,414
25% growth from Year 1

About Maryville University of Saint Louis

Maryville University of Saint Louis accepts 94% of applicants — an open-access institution by design, with a mid-sized student body of 5,988 in Saint Louis, MO.

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Top Career Paths

Art directors $111,040/yr
Architecture teachers, postsecondary $101,480/yr
Special effects artists and animators $99,800/yr
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Design at Other Schools

Carnegie Mellon University ($66,274) University of Southern California ($64,846) University of Washington-Seattle Campus ($63,449) University of California-Los Angeles ($57,615) Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ($52,694) University of Cincinnati-Main Campus ($52,526) Utah State University ($52,431) Interior Designers Institute ($51,188)

Other Majors at Maryville University of Saint Louis

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods ($69,590) Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($69,116) Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations ($61,299) Accounting and Related Services ($61,237) Business Administration, Management and Operations ($48,296) Health and Physical Education/Fitness ($32,480) Biology, General ($29,703) Psychology, General ($25,204)

Consider the Trade Route?

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Trade programs often mean less time in school, lower student debt, and hands-on career paths that tend to be more resilient to AI disruption.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the DegreeOutlook Score for Design at Maryville University of Saint Louis?
A score of 36/100 indicates below-average financial outcomes for Design. Earnings, ROI, or AI risk factors are pulling the score down.
Will AI replace Design careers?
With 38% of typical job tasks exposed to AI, this is one of the higher-risk fields. Our pessimistic scenario projects $478,652 in decade earnings vs $506,300 in the optimistic case — a meaningful gap.
Scores use College Scorecard earnings, BLS employment projections, and AI task-exposure research. See full methodology →