Which Colgate University major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $14,730 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Colgate University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Colgate University cost?

Tuition and fees are $70,306 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,786 a year.

How many Colgate University programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Colgate University report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Colgate University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Hamilton, NY
3,180 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Colgate University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($79,929), and Biology the least ($34,796). The median program pays $49,898.

Tuition and fees$70,306Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,786Per year

Graduation rate91%Within 6 years

Admission rate14%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. 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 New York
1	Computer ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year	$79,929	Not reported	$16,000	8th of 20
2	EconomicsAbout 147 graduates a year	$77,274	$130,139	$17,500	5th of 36
3	Political ScienceAbout 76 graduates a year	$56,064	$95,708	$16,250	5th of 47
4	Romance LanguagesAbout 16 graduates a year	$53,541	$79,583	$16,900	2nd of 19
5	SociologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$51,788	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 38
6	EnglishAbout 39 graduates a year	$48,008	$60,334	$15,875	1st of 41
7	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$44,089	Not reported	$15,350	3rd of 10
8	Experimental PsychologyAbout 62 graduates a year	$41,883	Not reported	$16,000	3rd of 10
9	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 38 graduates a year	$41,870	$78,918	$17,000	3rd of 17
10	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$34,796	$55,827	$14,730	16th of 65

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$79,929
Economics$77,274
Political Science$56,064
Romance Languages$53,541
Sociology$51,788

Lowest median debt

Biology$14,730
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$15,350
English$15,875
Computer Science$16,000
Experimental Psychology$16,000

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 147 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 76 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 62 graduates a year
Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 54 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $79,929 in their first year, the most of 10 Colgate 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 New York 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