Which Boston University major has the lowest debt?

Medical Laboratory Science graduates leave with a median of $6,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 34 Boston University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Boston University cost?

Tuition and fees are $68,102 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $24,402 a year.

How many Boston University programs report graduate pay?

35 bachelor's programs at Boston University report first-year pay, and 34 of them also report federal debt.

Boston University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Boston, MA
18,248 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

35 Boston University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($93,995), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($17,374). The median program pays $42,857.

Tuition and fees$68,102Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$24,402Per year

Graduation rate89%Within 6 years

Admission rate11%Of applicants

All 35 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 EngineeringAbout 99 graduates a year	$93,995	$138,076	$26,866	2nd of 6
2	Computer ScienceAbout 305 graduates a year	$90,050	$137,182	$23,250	7th of 20
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 43 graduates a year	$80,528	$112,437	$26,646	8th of 11
4	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 3 graduates a year	$77,660	Not reported	$6,250	1st of 3
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 124 graduates a year	$76,337	$94,926	$26,400	7th of 11
6	Business AdministrationAbout 672 graduates a year	$71,545	$102,943	$25,000	2nd of 32
7	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 132 graduates a year	$69,209	$98,562	$26,848	4th of 6
8	MathematicsAbout 128 graduates a year	$64,604	$71,541	$19,750	7th of 15
9	EconomicsAbout 307 graduates a year	$55,733	$88,959	$24,500	12th of 21
10	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$54,456	$116,242	$22,625	1st of 8
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 39 graduates a year	$49,254	Not reported	$21,250	3rd of 14
12	Other Social SciencesAbout 32 graduates a year	$48,243	$77,557	Not reported	1st of 2
13	CommunicationsAbout 60 graduates a year	$47,349	$84,361	$25,108	3rd of 20
14	International RelationsAbout 189 graduates a year	$45,870	$74,117	$25,000	2nd of 3
15	Political ScienceAbout 162 graduates a year	$45,021	$69,721	$25,000	11th of 29
16	Hospitality ManagementAbout 73 graduates a year	$44,657	$51,214	$26,000	1st of 4
17	Health SciencesAbout 155 graduates a year	$42,894	$75,810	$26,000	2nd of 5
18	JournalismAbout 91 graduates a year	$42,857	$73,406	$24,813	2nd of 5
19	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 138 graduates a year	$42,850	$75,390	$26,000	6th of 7
20	PhilosophyAbout 62 graduates a year	$40,377	Not reported	$25,750	2nd of 3
21	BiologyAbout 153 graduates a year	$40,165	$67,946	$27,000	23rd of 32
22	PsychologyAbout 305 graduates a year	$39,175	$60,374	$26,000	8th of 32
23	ChemistryAbout 36 graduates a year	$39,157	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 7
24	NeuroscienceAbout 121 graduates a year	$39,093	$73,425	$26,000	6th of 10
25	SociologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$38,457	$71,736	$26,750	9th of 20
26	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 195 graduates a year	$37,225	$58,649	$23,750	1st of 1
27	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 29 graduates a year	$36,705	$74,512	$27,000	2nd of 5
28	Physiology and PathologyAbout 92 graduates a year	$35,873	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
29	Teacher EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$35,281	$55,608	$27,000	11th of 13
30	EducationAbout 1 graduates a year	$27,891	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 6
31	AnthropologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$26,934	Not reported	$25,250	4th of 6
32	MusicAbout 39 graduates a year	$23,934	$41,316	$26,957	2nd of 4
33	EnglishAbout 56 graduates a year	$23,579	$55,841	$26,395	26th of 28
34	TheatreAbout 51 graduates a year	$21,508	$35,979	$26,958	3rd of 4
35	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 42 graduates a year	$17,374	$56,132	$27,000	15th of 16

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Engineering$93,995
Computer Science$90,050
Electrical Engineering$80,528
Medical Laboratory Science$77,660
Mechanical Engineering$76,337

Lowest median debt

Medical Laboratory Science$6,250
Mathematics$19,750
Design and Applied Arts$21,250
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$22,625
Computer Science$23,250

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 672 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 307 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 305 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 305 graduates a year
Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 195 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $93,995 in their first year, the most of 35 Boston 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 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