Which Central College major has the lowest debt?

Sociology graduates leave with a median of $25,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Central College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Central College cost?

Tuition and fees are $20,988 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,377 a year.

How many Central College programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Central College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Central College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Pella, IA
1,070 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Central College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($58,850), and Biology the least ($26,933). The median program pays $36,974.

Tuition and fees$20,988Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,377Per year

Graduation rate66%Within 6 years

Admission rate86%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. 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 Iowa
1	AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year	$58,850	$74,897	$27,000	10th of 17
2	Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$55,760	$68,027	$27,000	7th of 20
3	Teacher EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$44,000	$45,342	$27,000	7th of 22
4	SociologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$38,034	$47,227	$25,000	3rd of 5
5	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$35,914	$49,090	$27,000	6th of 14
6	Romance LanguagesAbout 13 graduates a year	$30,211	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 5
7	PsychologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$29,923	$41,342	$27,000	13th of 15
8	BiologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$26,933	$62,537	$27,000	17th of 17

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 31 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 18 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 14 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $58,850 in their first year, the most of 8 Central 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 Iowa 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