Which Alfred University major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $22,625 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Alfred University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Alfred University cost?

Tuition and fees are $41,500 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $25,620 a year.

How many Alfred University programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Alfred University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Alfred University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Alfred, NY
1,423 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Alfred University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Ceramic Engineering pays the most in the first year ($71,644), and Criminal Justice the least ($22,618). The median program pays $31,246.

Tuition and fees$41,500Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$25,620Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate74%Of applicants

All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Ceramic EngineeringAbout 8 graduates a year	$71,644	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
2	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year	$63,747	$82,912	$27,000	19th of 21
3	Business AdministrationAbout 21 graduates a year	$36,059	$52,309	$26,000	60th of 73
4	PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$26,433	$51,248	$27,000	57th of 65
5	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 63 graduates a year	$22,912	$35,338	$27,000	21st of 35
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 11 graduates a year	$22,618	$43,102	$22,625	32nd of 32

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Ceramic Engineering$71,644
Mechanical Engineering$63,747
Business Administration$36,059
Psychology$26,433
Fine and Studio Arts$22,912

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$22,625
Business Administration$26,000
Ceramic Engineering$27,000
Mechanical Engineering$27,000
Psychology$27,000

Largest programs

Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 63 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 21 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 11 graduates a year

Common questions

Ceramic Engineering graduates earn a median of $71,644 in their first year, the most of 6 Alfred University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels