Which Clemson University major has the lowest debt?

Other Health Professions graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 50 Clemson University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Clemson University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $15,554 a year, and $40,866 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,253 a year.

How many Clemson University programs report graduate pay?

50 bachelor's programs at Clemson University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Clemson University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Clemson, SC
23,300 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

50 Clemson University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($77,925), and Other Visual and Performing Arts the least ($24,229). The median program pays $45,735.

In-state tuition and fees$15,554Per year. Out-of-state $40,866

Average net price after aid$22,253Per year

Graduation rate87%Within 6 years

Admission rate38%Of applicants

All 50 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. 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 South Carolina
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 101 graduates a year	$77,925	$94,861	$26,000	1st of 3
2	Computer EngineeringAbout 49 graduates a year	$77,672	$98,155	$26,955	1st of 2
3	Information ScienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$76,549	Not reported	$25,964	1st of 4
4	Chemical EngineeringAbout 66 graduates a year	$75,951	$98,731	$21,450	1st of 2
5	Industrial EngineeringAbout 169 graduates a year	$74,709	$96,384	$26,750	1st of 2
6	NursingAbout 235 graduates a year	$74,206	$75,340	$23,000	5th of 15
7	Construction ManagementGraduates a year not reported	$73,987	$84,606	$22,675	1st of 1
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 190 graduates a year	$73,374	$117,091	$22,498	1st of 9
9	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 217 graduates a year	$73,220	$88,351	$24,125	1st of 3
10	Materials EngineeringAbout 31 graduates a year	$69,763	$82,276	$25,243	1st of 1
11	Civil EngineeringAbout 131 graduates a year	$69,386	$88,941	$25,750	2nd of 3
12	Engineering-Related FieldsAbout 51 graduates a year	$68,904	$90,243	$25,000	1st of 1
13	Environmental EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year	$68,363	$78,185	$20,500	1st of 1
14	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 128 graduates a year	$65,110	$85,149	$22,500	1st of 2
15	FinanceAbout 280 graduates a year	$58,876	$85,488	$20,000	2nd of 5
16	AccountingAbout 138 graduates a year	$56,419	$77,473	$23,250	3rd of 8
17	ForestryAbout 21 graduates a year	$53,850	$52,490	$24,700	1st of 1
18	Landscape ArchitectureAbout 19 graduates a year	$51,304	$63,416	$27,000	1st of 1
19	ArchitectureAbout 74 graduates a year	$49,983	$65,405	$22,500	1st of 1
20	Agricultural BusinessAbout 46 graduates a year	$49,714	$72,980	$23,250	1st of 1
21	MarketingAbout 361 graduates a year	$47,606	$76,246	$23,250	2nd of 8
22	MathematicsAbout 71 graduates a year	$47,529	$85,098	$22,500	2nd of 2
23	Business AdministrationAbout 445 graduates a year	$47,260	$72,568	$24,225	7th of 27
24	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 79 graduates a year	$46,689	$57,835	$26,000	1st of 5
25	Plant ScienceAbout 10 graduates a year	$46,395	$45,036	$21,724	1st of 1
26	EconomicsAbout 121 graduates a year	$45,075	$67,777	$22,250	3rd of 3
27	Writing and RhetoricAbout 53 graduates a year	$43,505	$70,941	$23,250	1st of 1
28	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,318	Not reported	$23,375	1st of 5
29	Other Foreign LanguagesAbout 28 graduates a year	$42,244	$69,311	$22,715	1st of 1
30	Teacher EducationAbout 155 graduates a year	$41,080	$46,988	$25,783	6th of 18
31	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$40,394	$45,156	$23,250	5th of 9
32	Food ScienceAbout 60 graduates a year	$39,600	$52,394	$25,000	1st of 1
33	Romance LanguagesAbout 41 graduates a year	$39,209	Not reported	$26,500	2nd of 4
34	CriminologyAbout 97 graduates a year	$38,057	Not reported	$22,375	2nd of 3
35	SociologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$36,320	$52,266	$26,125	1st of 9
36	HistoryAbout 56 graduates a year	$36,199	$50,184	$24,550	3rd of 9
37	EnglishAbout 49 graduates a year	$33,509	$47,644	$23,123	2nd of 9
38	Recreation ManagementAbout 110 graduates a year	$32,992	$47,171	$22,592	1st of 1
39	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 105 graduates a year	$32,180	$66,972	$19,500	1st of 1
40	PsychologyAbout 358 graduates a year	$32,146	$54,015	$22,687	4th of 18
41	BiologyAbout 299 graduates a year	$31,481	$65,919	$23,250	8th of 20
42	GeneticsAbout 53 graduates a year	$31,346	Not reported	$22,225	1st of 1
43	Agricultural ProductionAbout 42 graduates a year	$30,825	$40,546	$25,125	1st of 1
44	MicrobiologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$30,265	$77,932	$25,762	1st of 1
45	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$29,560	$40,554	$26,112	1st of 1
46	Animal ScienceAbout 109 graduates a year	$28,942	$55,310	$24,827	1st of 1
47	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 81 graduates a year	$28,120	$53,870	$22,875	1st of 2
48	Political ScienceAbout 104 graduates a year	$28,041	$74,888	$21,000	10th of 12
49	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 41 graduates a year	$25,115	$52,586	$21,200	3rd of 3
50	Other Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 24 graduates a year	$24,229	Not reported	$26,972	1st of 1

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

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$77,925
Computer Engineering$77,672
Information Science$76,549
Chemical Engineering$75,951
Industrial Engineering$74,709

Lowest median debt

Other Health Professions$19,500
Finance$20,000
Environmental Engineering$20,500
Political Science$21,000
Environmental Science and Conservation$21,200

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 445 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 361 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 358 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 299 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 280 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $77,925 in their first year, the most of 50 Clemson 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 South Carolina 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