Which Baylor University major has the lowest debt?

Business graduates leave with a median of $15,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 44 Baylor University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Baylor University cost?

Tuition and fees are $58,100 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $41,104 a year.

How many Baylor University programs report graduate pay?

45 bachelor's programs at Baylor University report first-year pay, and 44 of them also report federal debt.

Baylor University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Waco, TX
14,785 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

45 Baylor University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Sales and Merchandising pays the most in the first year ($84,271), and Music the least ($10,210). The median program pays $38,174.

Tuition and fees$58,100Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$41,104Per year

Graduation rate80%Within 6 years

Admission rate51%Of applicants

All 45 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	Sales and MerchandisingAbout 35 graduates a year	$84,271	$154,528	$20,500	1st of 4
2	Computer ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$82,714	$107,293	$27,000	5th of 9
3	Electrical EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$82,475	$98,324	$21,500	7th of 19
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 53 graduates a year	$75,726	$88,325	$27,000	6th of 23
5	NursingAbout 362 graduates a year	$75,213	$81,389	$26,975	28th of 48
6	BusinessAbout 79 graduates a year	$74,886	$86,739	$15,000	2nd of 22
7	Management Information SystemsAbout 140 graduates a year	$70,873	$104,131	$24,000	3rd of 15
8	AccountingAbout 171 graduates a year	$68,187	$94,352	$20,500	3rd of 39
9	FinanceAbout 188 graduates a year	$67,909	$98,333	$23,000	5th of 39
10	Business AdministrationAbout 223 graduates a year	$63,438	$77,023	$22,866	4th of 63
11	Human ResourcesAbout 29 graduates a year	$62,562	$80,478	$20,475	1st of 13
12	Business EconomicsAbout 67 graduates a year	$60,575	$93,359	$22,500	1st of 5
13	EntrepreneurshipAbout 125 graduates a year	$59,052	$78,646	$19,375	2nd of 7
14	Real EstateGraduates a year not reported	$57,834	Not reported	$20,530	2nd of 4
15	MarketingAbout 253 graduates a year	$57,162	$72,410	$21,775	3rd of 39
16	Teacher EducationAbout 35 graduates a year	$53,614	$50,814	$22,250	3rd of 13
17	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 57 graduates a year	$53,201	$56,406	$27,000	3rd of 11
18	MathematicsAbout 27 graduates a year	$45,195	$59,531	$25,000	19th of 21
19	CommunicationsAbout 174 graduates a year	$43,740	$64,645	$23,860	3rd of 33
20	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 14 graduates a year	$43,414	$77,422	$23,115	1st of 8
21	International BusinessAbout 23 graduates a year	$40,782	$65,021	Not reported	6th of 9
22	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 24 graduates a year	$39,333	$62,970	$26,500	5th of 11
23	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 99 graduates a year	$38,174	$62,574	$21,000	1st of 9
24	SociologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$37,753	$48,488	$25,937	4th of 19
25	International RelationsAbout 37 graduates a year	$37,507	$57,316	$22,409	2nd of 4
26	JournalismAbout 58 graduates a year	$35,675	$61,982	$23,959	5th of 9
27	Romance LanguagesAbout 25 graduates a year	$34,649	Not reported	$26,228	6th of 12
28	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 68 graduates a year	$33,921	$55,360	$26,997	18th of 42
29	Political ScienceAbout 99 graduates a year	$32,981	$70,092	$26,000	19th of 27
30	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 29 graduates a year	$32,137	$49,261	$21,350	6th of 10
31	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 72 graduates a year	$31,994	$55,617	$19,500	37th of 39
32	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 38 graduates a year	$31,707	$52,346	$26,000	6th of 9
33	Religious StudiesAbout 35 graduates a year	$31,672	$46,611	$25,612	1st of 1
34	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 29 graduates a year	$30,687	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
35	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 84 graduates a year	$30,496	$67,262	$27,000	6th of 9
36	Pre-Health StudiesAbout 166 graduates a year	$30,164	$65,917	$25,000	1st of 1
37	AnthropologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$28,369	$50,566	$26,500	6th of 11
38	PsychologyAbout 151 graduates a year	$27,785	$56,326	$25,212	41st of 52
39	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 3 graduates a year	$27,554	$44,092	$25,000	11th of 14
40	BiologyAbout 236 graduates a year	$24,408	$63,803	$23,850	36th of 43
41	NeuroscienceAbout 81 graduates a year	$24,100	$54,859	$27,000	4th of 4
42	Public HealthAbout 33 graduates a year	$23,096	Not reported	$22,495	14th of 14
43	HistoryAbout 35 graduates a year	$20,391	$55,059	$24,625	23rd of 23
44	TheatreAbout 30 graduates a year	$20,267	$36,480	$24,130	13th of 15
45	MusicAbout 25 graduates a year	$10,210	$38,033	$27,000	21st of 21

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas 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 Texas 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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Sales and Merchandising$84,271
Computer Science$82,714
Electrical Engineering$82,475
Mechanical Engineering$75,726
Nursing$75,213

Lowest median debt

Business$15,000
Entrepreneurship$19,375
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$19,500
Human Resources$20,475
Sales and Merchandising$20,500

Largest programs

NursingAbout 362 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 253 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 236 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 223 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 188 graduates a year

Common questions

Sales and Merchandising graduates earn a median of $84,271 in their first year, the most of 45 Baylor 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 Texas 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