Which Athens State major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $21,187 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Athens State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How many Athens State programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at Athens State report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Athens State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Athens State University
Public university
Athens, AL
2,446 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Athens State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($78,435), and Other Education the least ($31,706). The median program pays $43,668.

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Alabama" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Alabama. 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 Alabama
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$78,435	$90,135	$31,060	2nd of 12
2	Other BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$63,754	$70,242	$28,098	1st of 1
3	MathematicsAbout 17 graduates a year	$57,584	$53,236	Not reported	1st of 4
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 68 graduates a year	$50,903	$40,930	$27,839	1st of 5
5	Business AdministrationAbout 143 graduates a year	$49,436	$61,403	$28,250	3rd of 18
6	AccountingAbout 61 graduates a year	$46,577	$61,742	$30,500	7th of 12
7	Human ResourcesAbout 27 graduates a year	$44,130	$51,133	$31,130	3rd of 4
8	Special EducationAbout 20 graduates a year	$43,668	Not reported	$29,215	2nd of 4
9	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 41 graduates a year	$42,403	$51,026	$25,116	2nd of 5
10	Teacher EducationAbout 127 graduates a year	$40,948	$45,657	$23,581	12th of 13
11	EnglishAbout 23 graduates a year	$40,917	$43,504	$26,833	1st of 8
12	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$38,006	$29,822	Not reported	1st of 9
13	BiologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$36,907	$58,894	$21,187	1st of 14
14	PsychologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$34,324	$39,803	$27,000	1st of 14
15	Other EducationAbout 45 graduates a year	$31,706	Not reported	$26,250	1st of 1

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$78,435
Other Business$63,754
Mathematics$57,584
Liberal Arts and General Studies$50,903
Business Administration$49,436

Lowest median debt

Biology$21,187
Teacher Education$23,581
Subject-Area Teacher Education$25,116
Other Education$26,250
English$26,833

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 143 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 127 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 68 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 61 graduates a year
Other EducationAbout 45 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $78,435 in their first year, the most of 15 Athens State 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 Alabama 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