Which Boise State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Business Economics graduates leave with a median of $14,538 in federal loans, the lowest among 39 Boise State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Boise State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,048 a year, and $27,788 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $21,610 a year.

How many Boise State programs report graduate pay?

39 bachelor's programs, one associate's program, and 8 certificate programs at Boise State report first-year pay, and 45 of them also report federal debt.

Boise State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Boise State University
Public university
Boise, ID
17,674 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

39 Boise State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($85,596), and English the least ($24,861). The median program pays $42,237. Boise State also has one associate's program and 8 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$9,048Per year. Out-of-state $27,788

Average net price after aid$21,610Per year

Graduation rate60%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 39 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Idaho" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Idaho. 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 Idaho
1	Computer ScienceAbout 106 graduates a year	$85,596	$117,709	$27,000	1st of 4
2	NursingAbout 467 graduates a year	$79,301	$82,246	$27,220	1st of 5
3	Construction ManagementAbout 64 graduates a year	$77,109	$111,191	$25,000	1st of 2
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 272 graduates a year	$76,843	$76,056	$25,675	1st of 3
5	Electrical EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$72,832	$113,075	$35,463	2nd of 3
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 50 graduates a year	$65,648	$79,687	$27,000	2nd of 2
7	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 78 graduates a year	$62,835	$85,566	$24,833	4th of 4
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$55,422	$85,604	$15,375	2nd of 2
9	AccountingAbout 88 graduates a year	$53,118	$67,888	$22,124	2nd of 6
10	Business AdministrationAbout 196 graduates a year	$48,776	$67,814	$22,215	3rd of 7
11	FinanceAbout 104 graduates a year	$48,712	$77,408	$20,000	3rd of 4
12	Business EconomicsAbout 6 graduates a year	$46,511	Not reported	$14,538	1st of 2
13	EconomicsAbout 7 graduates a year	$46,137	Not reported	$24,675	1st of 1
14	Public HealthAbout 48 graduates a year	$46,117	Not reported	$22,758	1st of 2
15	PhysicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$45,813	Not reported	$26,175	1st of 1
16	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 100 graduates a year	$45,369	$54,169	$26,000	1st of 1
17	BusinessAbout 244 graduates a year	$45,318	$59,854	$22,302	1st of 2
18	MarketingAbout 108 graduates a year	$45,024	$59,259	$22,000	3rd of 4
19	Special EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$42,303	Not reported	$26,675	2nd of 2
20	Teacher EducationAbout 68 graduates a year	$42,237	$45,561	$24,000	2nd of 6
21	International BusinessAbout 15 graduates a year	$42,039	$59,514	$25,419	1st of 1
22	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 59 graduates a year	$41,141	$49,857	$27,880	3rd of 4
23	Social WorkAbout 60 graduates a year	$40,126	$52,297	$28,350	1st of 4
24	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 123 graduates a year	$38,831	$53,063	$31,613	1st of 2
25	CommunicationsAbout 197 graduates a year	$37,954	$54,946	$23,095	1st of 4
26	Criminal JusticeAbout 126 graduates a year	$37,891	$48,318	$22,071	2nd of 2
27	Social SciencesAbout 24 graduates a year	$36,298	$46,338	$25,000	1st of 1
28	BiologyAbout 134 graduates a year	$36,288	$54,715	$22,988	2nd of 6
29	HistoryAbout 27 graduates a year	$34,568	$41,087	$28,050	1st of 1
30	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 160 graduates a year	$34,244	$59,941	$25,000	1st of 1
31	Political ScienceAbout 53 graduates a year	$32,650	$53,410	$21,500	2nd of 4
32	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$31,701	$58,595	$27,299	1st of 1
33	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 89 graduates a year	$31,083	$39,301	$28,599	1st of 1
34	PsychologyAbout 194 graduates a year	$30,865	$45,664	$22,559	2nd of 5
35	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$30,709	$48,962	$22,524	2nd of 3
36	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 38 graduates a year	$28,211	$48,167	$20,356	2nd of 2
37	SociologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$26,809	$43,175	$25,635	4th of 4
38	Romance LanguagesAbout 17 graduates a year	$26,579	$48,714	$23,500	3rd of 3
39	EnglishGraduates a year not reported	$24,861	$40,337	$26,000	3rd of 3

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

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

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Idaho" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Idaho.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Idaho
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 180 graduates a year	$40,886	$41,838	$15,894	1st of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and Idaho ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

All 8 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Idaho" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Idaho. 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 Idaho
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$77,403	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 19 graduates a year	$43,876	$65,309	$22,977	1st of 1
3	Business AdministrationAbout 125 graduates a year	$40,283	Not reported	$27,676	1st of 1
4	Other Communication and JournalismGraduates a year not reported	$40,060	$60,768	$25,473	1st of 1
5	AnthropologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,781	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
6	BusinessAbout 27 graduates a year	$36,913	Not reported	$27,298	1st of 1
7	Romance LanguagesAbout 114 graduates a year	$36,637	Not reported	$24,695	1st of 1
8	Writing and RhetoricAbout 10 graduates a year	$31,148	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$85,596
Nursing$79,301
Construction Management$77,109
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$76,843
Electrical Engineering$72,832

Lowest median debt

Business Economics$14,538
Computer and Information Science$15,375
Finance$20,000
Environmental Science and Conservation$20,356
Political Science$21,500

Largest programs

NursingAbout 467 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 272 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 244 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 197 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 196 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $85,596 in their first year, the most of 39 Boise 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 Idaho 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