Which Carthage College major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $19,190 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Carthage College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Carthage College cost?

Tuition and fees are $38,750 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $26,565 a year.

How many Carthage College programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at Carthage College report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

Carthage College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Kenosha, WI
2,660 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 Carthage College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($74,265), and Political Science the least ($24,259). The median program pays $37,271.

Tuition and fees$38,750Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$26,565Per year

Graduation rate64%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Wisconsin" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin
1	NursingAbout 55 graduates a year	$74,265	Not reported	$26,758	5th of 19
2	AccountingAbout 18 graduates a year	$61,887	$79,104	$27,000	5th of 19
3	FinanceAbout 39 graduates a year	$58,543	$81,378	$26,000	4th of 10
4	Business AdministrationAbout 58 graduates a year	$53,555	$72,298	$27,000	10th of 24
5	MathematicsAbout 13 graduates a year	$52,593	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 9
6	MarketingAbout 62 graduates a year	$50,175	$68,100	$27,000	5th of 13
7	Special EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$48,593	$47,182	$25,954	2nd of 10
8	Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$47,185	$46,998	$25,954	2nd of 19
9	ChemistryAbout 17 graduates a year	$45,188	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 6
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 23 graduates a year	$39,551	$53,909	$27,000	7th of 10
11	BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$37,903	$66,230	$23,250	6th of 20
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 24 graduates a year	$36,638	$56,766	$27,000	3rd of 13
13	EconomicsAbout 20 graduates a year	$36,493	Not reported	$19,500	9th of 9
14	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 12 graduates a year	$35,511	$55,354	$27,000	6th of 9
15	EnglishAbout 11 graduates a year	$34,587	$35,653	$26,269	6th of 10
16	CommunicationsAbout 14 graduates a year	$33,580	$58,690	$26,000	15th of 15
17	NeuroscienceAbout 32 graduates a year	$29,454	$70,826	$27,000	2nd of 2
18	TheatreAbout 9 graduates a year	$28,727	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
19	PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$27,741	$55,646	$23,250	22nd of 22
20	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 14 graduates a year	$25,553	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 7
21	MusicAbout 28 graduates a year	$24,273	$45,258	$27,000	4th of 4
22	Political ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$24,259	Not reported	$19,190	10th of 10

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$74,265
Accounting$61,887
Finance$58,543
Business Administration$53,555
Mathematics$52,593

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

MarketingAbout 62 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 58 graduates a year
NursingAbout 55 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 39 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $74,265 in their first year, the most of 22 Carthage 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 Wisconsin 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