Which Coastal Carolina University major has the lowest debt?

Information Science graduates leave with a median of $20,336 in federal loans, the lowest among 26 Coastal Carolina University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Coastal Carolina University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,640 a year, and $29,628 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,966 a year.

How many Coastal Carolina University programs report graduate pay?

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

Coastal Carolina University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Conway, SC
10,377 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

26 Coastal Carolina University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($84,021), and Theatre the least ($16,862). The median program pays $29,893.

In-state tuition and fees$11,640Per year. Out-of-state $29,628

Average net price after aid$13,966Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

Admission rate75%Of applicants

All 26 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	NursingAbout 9 graduates a year	$84,021	$78,547	$39,750	1st of 15
2	FinanceAbout 66 graduates a year	$46,911	$66,069	$26,000	5th of 5
3	AccountingAbout 33 graduates a year	$43,812	$66,105	$26,848	8th of 8
4	Special EducationAbout 13 graduates a year	$42,147	$46,262	$27,000	1st of 5
5	Business AdministrationAbout 176 graduates a year	$41,953	$59,876	$25,187	13th of 27
6	Teacher EducationAbout 80 graduates a year	$40,053	$43,180	$27,000	11th of 18
7	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$38,602	$69,074	$28,500	8th of 9
8	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 15 graduates a year	$36,544	Not reported	$41,666	1st of 2
9	MarketingAbout 129 graduates a year	$35,924	$63,667	$26,000	5th of 8
10	Intelligence and Information OperationsAbout 82 graduates a year	$35,150	$49,288	$24,878	2nd of 2
11	Hospitality ManagementAbout 34 graduates a year	$34,300	$46,742	$25,000	4th of 4
12	Information ScienceAbout 8 graduates a year	$31,322	$78,764	$20,336	4th of 4
13	Political ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$29,924	$54,322	$26,000	9th of 12
14	Public HealthAbout 70 graduates a year	$29,862	$52,470	$27,000	4th of 4
15	CommunicationsAbout 89 graduates a year	$29,821	$49,719	$25,000	8th of 11
16	BiologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$28,585	$49,256	$26,000	14th of 20
17	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 215 graduates a year	$27,920	$46,652	$26,997	7th of 13
18	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 72 graduates a year	$27,221	$43,704	$27,250	5th of 8
19	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 141 graduates a year	$26,838	$41,398	$26,000	1st of 2
20	PsychologyAbout 130 graduates a year	$26,524	$45,124	$26,800	13th of 18
21	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 41 graduates a year	$26,076	$37,002	$27,000	5th of 5
22	EnglishAbout 27 graduates a year	$25,310	$39,198	$26,000	8th of 9
23	SociologyAbout 60 graduates a year	$24,738	$44,757	$26,475	8th of 9
24	HistoryAbout 24 graduates a year	$24,172	$44,119	$26,000	9th of 9
25	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 24 graduates a year	$23,121	Not reported	$25,000	4th of 7
26	TheatreAbout 47 graduates a year	$16,862	$30,787	$27,000	4th of 4

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$84,021
Finance$46,911
Accounting$43,812
Special Education$42,147
Business Administration$41,953

Lowest median debt

Information Science$20,336
Intelligence and Information Operations$24,878
Hospitality Management$25,000
Communications$25,000
Fine and Studio Arts$25,000

Largest programs

Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 215 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 176 graduates a year
Ecology and EvolutionAbout 141 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 130 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 129 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $84,021 in their first year, the most of 26 Coastal Carolina 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