Which Brandeis University major has the lowest debt?

History graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 17 Brandeis University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Brandeis University cost?

Tuition and fees are $68,080 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $35,736 a year.

How many Brandeis University programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at Brandeis University report first-year pay, and 17 of them also report federal debt.

Brandeis University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Waltham, MA
3,618 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 Brandeis University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($80,431), and Environmental Science and Conservation the least ($28,027). The median program pays $39,943.

Tuition and fees$68,080Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$35,736Per year

Graduation rate86%Within 6 years

Admission rate41%Of applicants

All 19 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 92 graduates a year	$80,431	$132,874	$26,142	12th of 20
2	EconomicsAbout 141 graduates a year	$57,299	$100,387	$25,295	11th of 21
3	BusinessAbout 111 graduates a year	$55,806	$96,146	$26,000	3rd of 8
4	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 10 graduates a year	$51,615	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 8
5	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$47,410	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 7
6	ChemistryAbout 28 graduates a year	$46,641	$69,682	$25,484	5th of 7
7	SociologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$45,287	$63,066	$27,000	3rd of 20
8	Political ScienceAbout 60 graduates a year	$43,770	$75,110	$23,333	13th of 29
9	Area StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$43,748	$62,806	$26,000	3rd of 6
10	Public PolicyAbout 101 graduates a year	$39,943	$68,486	$25,000	1st of 1
11	EnglishAbout 32 graduates a year	$39,867	$49,384	$26,000	8th of 28
12	Experimental PsychologyAbout 109 graduates a year	$37,494	Not reported	$26,787	6th of 10
13	BiologyAbout 170 graduates a year	$37,475	$66,306	$25,484	28th of 32
14	International StudiesAbout 38 graduates a year	$36,874	$69,903	$25,694	4th of 5
15	AnthropologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$35,390	$57,854	$26,000	2nd of 6
16	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 27 graduates a year	$35,057	Not reported	$24,226	4th of 5
17	HistoryAbout 28 graduates a year	$33,903	$64,484	$23,250	11th of 20
18	NeuroscienceAbout 54 graduates a year	$32,397	$57,832	$26,499	10th of 10
19	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 23 graduates a year	$28,027	$48,378	Not reported	14th 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.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$80,431
Economics$57,299
Business$55,806
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$51,615
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$47,410

Lowest median debt

History$23,250
Political Science$23,333
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies$24,226
Public Policy$25,000
Economics$25,295

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 170 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 141 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 111 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 109 graduates a year
Public PolicyAbout 101 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $80,431 in their first year, the most of 19 Brandeis 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