Which Bemidji State major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $20,875 in federal loans, the lowest among 16 Bemidji State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bemidji State cost?

Tuition and fees are $10,237 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,261 a year.

How many Bemidji State programs report graduate pay?

16 bachelor's programs at Bemidji State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Bemidji State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Bemidji State University
Public university
Bemidji, MN
3,139 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Bemidji State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($85,830), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($32,388). The median program pays $41,536.

Tuition and fees$10,237Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$15,261Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

Admission rate56%Of applicants

All 16 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	Engineering TechnologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$85,830	$80,665	$30,982	1st of 1
2	NursingAbout 86 graduates a year	$77,639	$79,411	$27,990	6th of 23
3	AccountingAbout 41 graduates a year	$58,446	$65,245	$30,114	13th of 23
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 59 graduates a year	$49,617	$61,873	$23,181	4th of 12
5	Business AdministrationAbout 152 graduates a year	$47,396	$58,292	$23,500	24th of 28
6	Social WorkAbout 34 graduates a year	$47,192	$51,542	$27,000	2nd of 13
7	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 41 graduates a year	$45,668	$48,268	$23,389	6th of 15
8	Teacher EducationAbout 69 graduates a year	$42,841	$43,816	$27,757	10th of 24
9	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 18 graduates a year	$40,231	$34,819	$27,000	3rd of 11
10	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 14 graduates a year	$39,195	Not reported	$24,000	3rd of 10
11	BiologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$37,469	$58,785	$25,494	7th of 25
12	Wildlife ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$35,806	Not reported	$22,301	1st of 1
13	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 8 graduates a year	$35,521	$54,285	$28,626	1st of 3
14	CommunicationsAbout 11 graduates a year	$34,243	Not reported	$20,875	19th of 19
15	PsychologyAbout 93 graduates a year	$33,963	$51,767	$26,000	15th of 23
16	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year	$32,388	$46,167	$24,898	12th of 14

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

Engineering Technology$85,830
Nursing$77,639
Accounting$58,446
Criminal Justice$49,617
Business Administration$47,396

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 152 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 93 graduates a year
NursingAbout 86 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 69 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 59 graduates a year

Common questions

Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $85,830 in their first year, the most of 16 Bemidji 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 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