Which Augsburg University major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $19,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 Augsburg University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Augsburg University cost?

Tuition and fees are $45,452 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,873 a year.

How many Augsburg University programs report graduate pay?

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

Augsburg University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Minneapolis, MN
2,494 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Augsburg University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($80,574), and Psychology the least ($29,743). The median program pays $44,512.

Tuition and fees$45,452Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,873Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 6 years

Admission rate82%Of applicants

All 18 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	NursingAbout 26 graduates a year	$80,574	$86,479	$23,441	4th of 23
2	AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year	$64,695	$73,711	$26,996	4th of 23
3	FinanceAbout 28 graduates a year	$63,598	$73,381	$27,000	3rd of 15
4	Computer ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$63,065	Not reported	$25,000	11th of 13
5	Management Information SystemsAbout 25 graduates a year	$59,722	Not reported	$24,737	2nd of 2
6	MathematicsAbout 14 graduates a year	$54,387	Not reported	$26,452	5th of 5
7	Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year	$52,466	$60,667	$27,000	15th of 28
8	MarketingAbout 40 graduates a year	$47,563	$68,931	$25,000	13th of 17
9	EconomicsAbout 12 graduates a year	$45,720	$80,875	$27,000	10th of 10
10	Social WorkAbout 23 graduates a year	$43,303	$47,032	$25,737	11th of 13
11	Teacher EducationAbout 10 graduates a year	$39,536	$42,173	$31,000	20th of 24
12	Political ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$37,807	Not reported	$19,000	5th of 15
13	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,473	$54,826	$27,000	4th of 14
14	CommunicationsAbout 18 graduates a year	$36,604	$47,726	$27,000	17th of 19
15	BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$35,984	$60,738	$27,000	13th of 25
16	SociologyAbout 9 graduates a year	$34,543	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 6
17	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$31,211	Not reported	$29,625	2nd of 2
18	PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$29,743	$50,577	$27,750	23rd of 23

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

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$80,574
Accounting$64,695
Finance$63,598
Computer Science$63,065
Management Information Systems$59,722

Lowest median debt

Political Science$19,000
Nursing$23,441
Management Information Systems$24,737
Computer Science$25,000
Marketing$25,000

Largest programs

MarketingAbout 40 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $80,574 in their first year, the most of 18 Augsburg 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 Minnesota 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