Which Boston College major has the lowest debt?

Nursing graduates leave with a median of $13,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 24 Boston College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Boston College cost?

Tuition and fees are $70,702 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $41,704 a year.

How many Boston College programs report graduate pay?

24 bachelor's programs at Boston College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Boston College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Chestnut Hill, MA
10,085 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

24 Boston College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($86,749), and Biology the least ($38,592). The median program pays $53,267.

Tuition and fees$70,702Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$41,704Per year

Graduation rate91%Within 6 years

Admission rate16%Of applicants

All 24 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	Computer ScienceAbout 144 graduates a year	$86,749	$155,305	$19,000	9th of 20
2	FinanceAbout 384 graduates a year	$82,495	$135,373	$18,000	1st of 11
3	Information ScienceAbout 70 graduates a year	$80,731	$132,170	$17,500	1st of 5
4	Management ScienceAbout 109 graduates a year	$80,046	Not reported	$18,582	3rd of 4
5	NursingAbout 115 graduates a year	$78,934	$97,435	$13,250	14th of 21
6	AccountingAbout 77 graduates a year	$75,512	$122,243	$18,000	1st of 14
7	EntrepreneurshipAbout 57 graduates a year	$74,446	Not reported	$19,000	1st of 2
8	MathematicsAbout 63 graduates a year	$74,144	$113,093	$18,025	6th of 15
9	EconomicsAbout 335 graduates a year	$72,099	$112,774	$18,000	6th of 21
10	Business AdministrationAbout 120 graduates a year	$71,675	$94,664	$17,873	1st of 32
11	MarketingAbout 84 graduates a year	$66,227	$113,453	$18,000	1st of 13
12	CommunicationsAbout 153 graduates a year	$55,162	$81,317	$18,500	1st of 20
13	International StudiesAbout 90 graduates a year	$51,371	$81,227	$19,000	2nd of 5
14	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 38 graduates a year	$49,111	Not reported	$17,200	4th of 16
15	SociologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$48,091	$83,459	$19,000	1st of 20
16	PhilosophyAbout 77 graduates a year	$47,345	$56,428	$18,000	1st of 3
17	Political ScienceAbout 158 graduates a year	$46,764	$90,434	$18,000	9th of 29
18	PsychologyAbout 111 graduates a year	$44,760	$74,848	$18,000	1st of 32
19	Teacher EducationAbout 41 graduates a year	$43,262	$66,826	$18,000	5th of 13
20	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$42,474	$76,000	$19,000	7th of 7
21	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 133 graduates a year	$42,384	$68,755	$17,361	1st of 4
22	EnglishAbout 84 graduates a year	$41,878	$70,856	$18,832	6th of 28
23	HistoryAbout 69 graduates a year	$41,341	$72,601	$19,000	7th of 20
24	BiologyAbout 220 graduates a year	$38,592	$80,290	$19,000	26th of 32

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$86,749
Finance$82,495
Information Science$80,731
Management Science$80,046
Nursing$78,934

Lowest median debt

Nursing$13,250
Environmental Science and Conservation$17,200
Clinical and Counseling Psychology$17,361
Information Science$17,500
Business Administration$17,873

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 384 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 335 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 220 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 158 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 153 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $86,749 in their first year, the most of 24 Boston 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 Massachusetts 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