Which Aquinas College major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $22,232 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Aquinas College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Aquinas College cost?

Tuition and fees are $40,218 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,626 a year.

How many Aquinas College programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Aquinas College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Aquinas College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Grand Rapids, MI
1,083 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Aquinas College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($63,311), and Writing and Rhetoric the least ($17,827). The median program pays $31,817.

Tuition and fees$40,218Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$16,626Per year

Graduation rate65%Within 6 years

Admission rate90%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	AccountingAbout 12 graduates a year	$63,311	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 24
2	Business CommunicationAbout 10 graduates a year	$49,378	$56,041	$23,250	1st of 1
3	Teacher EducationAbout 35 graduates a year	$45,713	Not reported	$28,000	5th of 17
4	Business AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year	$44,913	$60,996	$26,000	19th of 29
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$33,555	Not reported	$31,000	10th of 12
6	CommunicationsAbout 7 graduates a year	$31,817	$48,014	$22,232	14th of 18
7	PsychologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,789	$48,393	$27,000	6th of 21
8	BiologyAbout 5 graduates a year	$31,787	$51,870	$24,500	8th of 22
9	Sustainability StudiesAbout 6 graduates a year	$29,399	$69,211	Not reported	1st of 1
10	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$27,301	$60,813	$24,500	12th of 18
11	Writing and RhetoricAbout 4 graduates a year	$17,827	Not reported	$26,844	11th of 11

Program names link to the program's own page, and Michigan 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 Michigan programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Accounting$63,311
Business Communication$49,378
Teacher Education$45,713
Business Administration$44,913
Liberal Arts and General Studies$33,555

Lowest median debt

Communications$22,232
Business Communication$23,250
Biology$24,500
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$24,500
Business Administration$26,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 35 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 18 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $63,311 in their first year, the most of 11 Aquinas College 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 Michigan 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