Which Colby College major has the lowest debt?

Romance Languages graduates leave with a median of $17,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Colby College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Colby College cost?

Tuition and fees are $69,600 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,180 a year.

How many Colby College programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Colby College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Colby College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Waterville, ME
2,407 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Colby College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($76,401), and Environmental Science and Conservation the least ($28,216). The median program pays $43,177.

Tuition and fees$69,600Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,180Per year

Graduation rate89%Within 6 years

Admission rate7%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maine" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Maine. 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 Maine
1	EconomicsAbout 94 graduates a year	$76,401	$142,245	$24,250	1st of 5
2	Political ScienceAbout 66 graduates a year	$54,353	$92,125	$27,000	2nd of 5
3	Area StudiesAbout 17 graduates a year	$45,686	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
4	BiologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$43,597	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 6
5	International StudiesAbout 38 graduates a year	$42,756	$79,364	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Romance LanguagesAbout 17 graduates a year	$42,326	Not reported	$17,500	1st of 2
7	PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$40,842	$65,101	Not reported	1st of 7
8	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 47 graduates a year	$28,216	$53,972	$19,313	5th of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maine 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 Maine programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$76,401
Political Science$54,353
Area Studies$45,686
Biology$43,597
International Studies$42,756

Lowest median debt

Romance Languages$17,500
Environmental Science and Conservation$19,313
Economics$24,250
Political Science$27,000

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 94 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 66 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 47 graduates a year
International StudiesAbout 38 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $76,401 in their first year, the most of 8 Colby 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 Maine 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