Which Barnard College major has the lowest debt?

Sociology graduates leave with a median of $15,899 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Barnard College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Barnard College cost?

Tuition and fees are $69,888 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,800 a year.

How many Barnard College programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Barnard College report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Barnard College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
New York, NY
3,264 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Barnard College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($107,434), and Neuroscience the least ($24,569). The median program pays $44,055.

Tuition and fees$69,888Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,800Per year

Graduation rate93%Within 6 years

Admission rate9%Of applicants

All 13 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	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 53 graduates a year	$107,434	Not reported	$19,000	1st of 30
2	EconomicsAbout 104 graduates a year	$85,860	$136,964	$16,750	1st of 36
3	Political ScienceAbout 70 graduates a year	$57,298	$95,608	$19,000	4th of 47
4	SociologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$48,215	$75,086	$15,899	3rd of 38
5	HistoryAbout 39 graduates a year	$48,092	Not reported	$16,425	2nd of 35
6	BiologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$47,329	Not reported	$16,635	1st of 65
7	Experimental PsychologyAbout 81 graduates a year	$44,055	Not reported	$17,000	2nd of 10
8	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 24 graduates a year	$42,622	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 17
9	EnglishAbout 62 graduates a year	$40,414	$66,870	$19,000	2nd of 41
10	Urban StudiesAbout 25 graduates a year	$40,294	$75,859	$19,000	2nd of 3
11	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 26 graduates a year	$39,947	Not reported	$18,750	2nd of 35
12	Area StudiesAbout 23 graduates a year	$34,142	Not reported	$19,000	5th of 8
13	NeuroscienceAbout 63 graduates a year	$24,569	Not reported	$17,491	8th of 8

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.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$107,434
Economics$85,860
Political Science$57,298
Sociology$48,215
History$48,092

Lowest median debt

Sociology$15,899
History$16,425
Biology$16,635
Economics$16,750
Experimental Psychology$17,000

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 104 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 81 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 70 graduates a year
NeuroscienceAbout 63 graduates a year
EnglishAbout 62 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $107,434 in their first year, the most of 13 Barnard 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 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