Which Cornerstone University major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $21,488 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Cornerstone University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Cornerstone University cost?

Tuition and fees are $23,000 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,301 a year.

How many Cornerstone University programs report graduate pay?

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

Cornerstone University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Grand Rapids, MI
1,298 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Cornerstone University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Business Administration pays the most in the first year ($53,327), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($27,327). The median program pays $41,694.

Tuition and fees$23,000Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,301Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate78%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	Business AdministrationAbout 59 graduates a year	$53,327	$58,693	$28,750	9th of 29
2	Teacher EducationAbout 15 graduates a year	$45,753	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 17
3	MarketingAbout 20 graduates a year	$42,627	Not reported	$21,488	15th of 18
4	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$42,515	$47,695	$29,000	11th of 16
5	Theology and MinistryAbout 9 graduates a year	$40,873	Not reported	$43,009	1st of 1
6	PsychologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$34,505	$35,883	$37,854	2nd of 21
7	CommunicationsAbout 5 graduates a year	$30,615	Not reported	$25,125	17th of 18
8	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,327	$44,505	$27,000	11th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and Michigan 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 Michigan 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

Business Administration$53,327
Teacher Education$45,753
Marketing$42,627
Subject-Area Teacher Education$42,515
Theology and Ministry$40,873

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 59 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 20 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 18 graduates a year

Common questions

Business Administration graduates earn a median of $53,327 in their first year, the most of 8 Cornerstone 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 Michigan 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