The Worst Colleges for Bachelor’s Degree Payoff, Ranked

AI Miami International University of Art and Design was a Miami-based, for-profit art and design school connected to The Art Institutes system. It offered career-focused programs in areas such as design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts, before being included among the Art Institutes schools that closed in 2023.

The -$15,000 payoff shows a slightly negative first-decade return. Creative fields can be unpredictable, especially when graduates are entering competitive markets with debt. Since the institution later closed, the number may also reflect broader pressures facing the Art Institutes system rather than only individual student effort.