Which Bradley University major has the lowest debt?

Finance graduates leave with a median of $20,905 in federal loans, the lowest among 22 Bradley University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bradley University cost?

Tuition and fees are $42,160 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,719 a year.

How many Bradley University programs report graduate pay?

26 bachelor's programs at Bradley University report first-year pay, and 22 of them also report federal debt.

Bradley University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Peoria, IL
3,574 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

26 Bradley University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($76,475), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($22,893). The median program pays $50,005.

Tuition and fees$42,160Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,719Per year

Graduation rate76%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 26 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 13 graduates a year	$76,475	$100,223	$27,000	3rd of 7
2	NursingAbout 83 graduates a year	$73,143	$78,827	$27,000	17th of 32
3	Civil EngineeringAbout 55 graduates a year	$72,573	$82,851	$27,000	2nd of 6
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 64 graduates a year	$71,746	$90,408	$27,000	3rd of 8
5	Construction EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$71,053	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Industrial EngineeringAbout 13 graduates a year	$68,166	$86,997	$25,788	5th of 6
7	Manufacturing EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$67,488	$88,449	$27,000	1st of 1
8	Computer ScienceAbout 42 graduates a year	$66,457	$88,943	$27,000	14th of 23
9	AccountingAbout 35 graduates a year	$65,842	$86,572	$26,925	5th of 28
10	Information ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$58,014	Not reported	$24,950	4th of 4
11	FinanceAbout 18 graduates a year	$54,261	$81,681	$20,905	11th of 21
12	International BusinessAbout 10 graduates a year	$52,357	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 4
13	Business AdministrationAbout 38 graduates a year	$51,347	$61,758	$25,586	8th of 38
14	MarketingAbout 26 graduates a year	$48,663	$72,856	$24,017	7th of 22
15	Teacher EducationAbout 59 graduates a year	$43,359	$44,997	$27,000	24th of 38
16	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 24 graduates a year	$42,917	$50,604	$27,000	19th of 21
17	Family and Consumer Sciences BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$39,563	$48,471	Not reported	1st of 1
18	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 52 graduates a year	$38,351	$56,266	$26,819	8th of 9
19	Social WorkAbout 14 graduates a year	$36,017	$53,638	$25,000	11th of 13
20	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 17 graduates a year	$32,742	$48,446	$27,000	1st of 8
21	Political ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$31,902	$58,690	$27,000	15th of 20
22	PsychologyAbout 81 graduates a year	$30,159	$58,439	$27,000	29th of 35
23	MusicAbout 2 graduates a year	$28,137	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 13
24	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 38 graduates a year	$27,857	$71,906	$26,899	1st of 1
25	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$24,941	$58,232	$27,000	2nd of 3
26	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 48 graduates a year	$22,893	$55,746	Not reported	9th of 10

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$76,475
Nursing$73,143
Civil Engineering$72,573
Mechanical Engineering$71,746
Construction Engineering$71,053

Lowest median debt

Finance$20,905
Marketing$24,017
Information Science$24,950
Social Work$25,000
Business Administration$25,586

Largest programs

NursingAbout 83 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 81 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 64 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 59 graduates a year
Civil EngineeringAbout 55 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $76,475 in their first year, the most of 26 Bradley 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 Illinois 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