Which BYU major has the lowest debt?

Slavic and Baltic Languages graduates leave with a median of $5,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 49 BYU bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does BYU cost?

Tuition and fees are $6,688 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,564 a year.

How many BYU programs report graduate pay?

64 bachelor's programs at BYU report first-year pay, and 49 of them also report federal debt.

BYU Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Brigham Young University
Private nonprofit university
Provo, UT
32,952 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

64 BYU bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($90,625), and Theatre the least ($21,047). The median program pays $47,087.

Tuition and fees$6,688Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$15,564Per year

Graduation rate81%Within 6 years

Admission rate68%Of applicants

All 64 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Utah" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Utah. 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 Utah
1	Computer ScienceAbout 183 graduates a year	$90,625	$124,873	$12,000	1st of 7
2	Computer EngineeringAbout 81 graduates a year	$88,785	$146,934	$10,750	2nd of 3
3	FinanceAbout 216 graduates a year	$83,876	$118,744	$11,750	1st of 6
4	Information TechnologyAbout 222 graduates a year	$83,533	Not reported	$9,000	2nd of 3
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 63 graduates a year	$80,934	$123,638	$14,250	2nd of 5
6	Management ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$79,777	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
7	Chemical EngineeringAbout 68 graduates a year	$77,565	$109,703	$13,980	1st of 2
8	Electrical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$77,060	$112,413	$12,000	1st of 4
9	Business EconomicsAbout 54 graduates a year	$75,227	$135,399	Not reported	1st of 1
10	Construction ManagementAbout 66 graduates a year	$73,678	$93,016	$12,228	2nd of 2
11	Business AdministrationAbout 119 graduates a year	$71,163	$99,425	$11,000	1st of 9
12	Manufacturing EngineeringAbout 32 graduates a year	$69,520	$91,738	$11,000	1st of 1
13	Civil EngineeringAbout 70 graduates a year	$68,685	$82,586	$9,370	2nd of 3
14	PhysicsAbout 35 graduates a year	$68,664	$97,503	Not reported	1st of 2
15	AccountingAbout 256 graduates a year	$68,393	$107,301	$8,727	1st of 8
16	Bioinformatics and Computational BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$68,084	$106,705	Not reported	1st of 1
17	Housing and Human EnvironmentsAbout 12 graduates a year	$67,737	$107,056	Not reported	1st of 1
18	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 179 graduates a year	$67,668	$97,124	$10,500	3rd of 3
19	MarketingAbout 92 graduates a year	$64,256	$97,094	$10,500	1st of 8
20	EntrepreneurshipAbout 35 graduates a year	$64,061	$77,782	Not reported	1st of 2
21	StatisticsAbout 130 graduates a year	$63,671	$107,867	$10,750	1st of 2
22	EconomicsAbout 159 graduates a year	$63,332	$98,908	$11,000	2nd of 4
23	NursingAbout 129 graduates a year	$62,164	$46,396	$7,830	13th of 13
24	Slavic and Baltic LanguagesAbout 24 graduates a year	$60,240	Not reported	$5,500	1st of 1
25	Human ResourcesAbout 48 graduates a year	$59,842	$92,395	Not reported	1st of 3
26	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$54,333	$46,135	Not reported	3rd of 3
27	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 202 graduates a year	$51,436	$71,225	$11,975	1st of 2
28	International RelationsAbout 42 graduates a year	$50,563	$94,047	Not reported	1st of 1
29	Special EducationAbout 32 graduates a year	$50,331	$32,469	Not reported	3rd of 4
30	Middle Eastern LanguagesAbout 28 graduates a year	$48,355	$57,253	$15,526	1st of 1
31	Parks and RecreationAbout 123 graduates a year	$47,596	$65,672	$12,000	1st of 3
32	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 172 graduates a year	$47,153	$52,995	$9,117	4th of 7
33	Political ScienceAbout 146 graduates a year	$47,020	$79,248	$11,745	1st of 4
34	CommunicationsAbout 58 graduates a year	$46,747	Not reported	$22,530	1st of 8
35	JournalismAbout 75 graduates a year	$46,652	$54,592	$14,953	1st of 2
36	Applied HorticultureAbout 29 graduates a year	$46,439	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
37	Teacher EducationAbout 196 graduates a year	$42,475	$36,698	$13,385	7th of 7
38	BiotechnologyAbout 41 graduates a year	$42,178	$68,715	Not reported	2nd of 2
39	GeographyAbout 46 graduates a year	$40,051	$64,927	$10,360	2nd of 2
40	Romance LanguagesAbout 125 graduates a year	$40,002	$71,117	$13,219	2nd of 4
41	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 22 graduates a year	$38,725	$87,288	Not reported	1st of 1
42	HistoryAbout 103 graduates a year	$38,643	$64,412	$15,000	1st of 3
43	Area StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$37,019	$77,218	$10,236	1st of 2
44	SociologyAbout 73 graduates a year	$35,404	$64,510	$14,000	2nd of 3
45	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 2 graduates a year	$34,549	$36,612	$16,853	2nd of 2
46	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 60 graduates a year	$34,279	$53,301	$11,621	1st of 2
47	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 54 graduates a year	$34,241	$35,310	$16,656	1st of 4
48	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 73 graduates a year	$33,915	$59,245	$13,000	3rd of 4
49	PsychologyAbout 99 graduates a year	$33,694	$55,579	$11,000	2nd of 7
50	Rehabilitation and TherapyGraduates a year not reported	$33,580	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
51	MicrobiologyAbout 97 graduates a year	$31,833	$64,156	$12,250	2nd of 2
52	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 76 graduates a year	$31,225	$66,498	$12,000	2nd of 2
53	EnglishAbout 98 graduates a year	$29,305	$52,556	$11,248	7th of 8
54	Public HealthAbout 158 graduates a year	$29,025	$65,816	$10,924	6th of 6
55	NeuroscienceAbout 124 graduates a year	$27,986	$68,183	$13,978	2nd of 2
56	Film and PhotographyAbout 49 graduates a year	$25,506	$44,912	$12,000	3rd of 3
57	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 266 graduates a year	$25,342	$30,899	$11,250	4th of 5
58	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 130 graduates a year	$25,253	$27,616	$9,281	6th of 6
59	Physiology and PathologyAbout 302 graduates a year	$25,101	$70,249	$13,000	1st of 1
60	ZoologyAbout 25 graduates a year	$24,457	$51,337	Not reported	2nd of 2
61	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 140 graduates a year	$24,143	$60,660	$10,459	1st of 1
62	MusicAbout 68 graduates a year	$22,625	$44,848	$10,460	4th of 4
63	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 109 graduates a year	$21,220	$54,923	$11,974	2nd of 2
64	TheatreAbout 35 graduates a year	$21,047	$37,754	$22,904	4th of 5

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$90,625
Computer Engineering$88,785
Finance$83,876
Information Technology$83,533
Computer and Information Science$80,934

Lowest median debt

Slavic and Baltic Languages$5,500
Nursing$7,830
Accounting$8,727
Information Technology$9,000
Subject-Area Teacher Education$9,117

Largest programs

Physiology and PathologyAbout 302 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 266 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 256 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 222 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 216 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $90,625 in their first year, the most of 64 BYU 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 Utah 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