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Design at York College of Pennsylvania

York, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's Degree · Design and Applied Arts
28 /100
DegreeOutlook Score (Base Case)
29
Optimistic
28
Base Case
38
Pessimistic
Earnings $30,567/yr (-10% vs median)
AI Risk High (38% exposed)
Job Market Very Large (101,000 openings/yr)
ROI 5.7x earnings multiple
Ranked #197 of 290 Design and Applied Arts programs

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 $565K $559K $522K
Earnings Multiple 5.7x 5.7x 5.3x
Probability of Field Employment 63% 57% 46%
DegreeOutlook Score 29 28 38

10-Year Earnings Projection

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

4-Year Tuition (Sticker)
$98,424
4-Year Net Price (After Aid)
$78,740
20% less than sticker · See by income
Reported Earnings (5 Year)
$52,684
72% growth from Year 1

About York College of Pennsylvania

York College of Pennsylvania accepts 94% of applicants — an open-access institution by design, a smaller institution with 3,187 students in York, PA.

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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 York College of Pennsylvania

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($77,469) Mechanical Engineering ($74,445) Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions ($67,814) Computer Science ($67,310) Accounting and Related Services ($56,583) Business Administration, Management and Operations ($54,054) Special Education and Teaching ($52,199) Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas ($48,624)

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 York College of Pennsylvania?
A score of 28/100 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 $522,086 in decade earnings vs $564,973 in the optimistic case — a meaningful gap.
Scores use College Scorecard earnings, BLS employment projections, and AI task-exposure research. See full methodology →