Which Cornell College major has the lowest debt?

4 of the 4 Cornell College bachelor's programs that report debt tie for the lowest, a median of $27,000 in federal loans.

How much does Cornell College cost?

Tuition and fees are $52,660 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,634 a year.

How many Cornell College programs report graduate pay?

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

Cornell College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Mount Vernon, IA
1,086 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Cornell College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Teacher Education pays the most in the first year ($42,756), and Writing and Rhetoric the least ($18,241). The median program pays $39,164.

Tuition and fees$52,660Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,634Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate80%Of applicants

All 5 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	Teacher EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$42,756	Not reported	$27,000	12th of 22
2	Management ScienceAbout 24 graduates a year	$42,127	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 4
3	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$39,164	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 4
4	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$35,439	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 14
5	Writing and RhetoricAbout 9 graduates a year	$18,241	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1

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

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

Common questions

Teacher Education graduates earn a median of $42,756 in their first year, the most of 5 Cornell 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