Which Brooklyn College major has the lowest debt?

Journalism graduates leave with a median of $10,290 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Brooklyn College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Brooklyn College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,452 a year, and $15,402 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,103 a year.

How many Brooklyn College programs report graduate pay?

27 bachelor's programs at Brooklyn College report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

Brooklyn College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

CUNY Brooklyn College
Public college
Brooklyn, NY
10,543 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

27 Brooklyn College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($51,862), and History the least ($18,674). The median program pays $29,577.

In-state tuition and fees$7,452Per year. Out-of-state $15,402

Average net price after aid$3,103Per year

Graduation rate54%Within 6 years

Admission rate58%Of applicants

All 27 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 and Information ScienceAbout 194 graduates a year	$51,862	$98,829	$12,000	21st of 30
2	Information ScienceAbout 32 graduates a year	$49,688	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 14
3	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 91 graduates a year	$46,233	$72,392	$13,178	6th of 22
4	AccountingAbout 187 graduates a year	$42,862	$69,279	$13,620	39th of 45
5	SociologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$41,062	$58,167	Not reported	5th of 38
6	FinanceAbout 78 graduates a year	$37,867	Not reported	$13,938	27th of 27
7	Teacher EducationAbout 212 graduates a year	$37,223	$61,345	$10,862	12th of 25
8	Business AdministrationAbout 419 graduates a year	$37,057	$62,453	$11,000	57th of 73
9	DieteticsAbout 89 graduates a year	$36,834	$64,202	$12,434	4th of 5
10	ChemistryAbout 21 graduates a year	$34,239	$82,987	Not reported	6th of 10
11	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 56 graduates a year	$32,083	$50,335	$14,094	4th of 9
12	MathematicsAbout 20 graduates a year	$29,957	$76,687	Not reported	22nd of 22
13	PsychologyAbout 435 graduates a year	$29,802	$56,477	$10,914	47th of 65
14	Political ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$29,577	$62,479	$16,274	37th of 47
15	EnglishAbout 45 graduates a year	$29,557	$43,249	$11,557	16th of 41
16	PhilosophyAbout 17 graduates a year	$27,926	$41,431	$14,125	7th of 9
17	CommunicationsAbout 37 graduates a year	$27,262	$54,761	$11,750	40th of 48
18	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 89 graduates a year	$26,817	$76,413	$14,250	2nd of 7
19	BiologyAbout 114 graduates a year	$26,612	$72,673	$16,500	53rd of 65
20	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$25,101	$67,383	$13,629	14th of 18
21	JournalismAbout 19 graduates a year	$23,120	$57,398	$10,290	15th of 17
22	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 37 graduates a year	$22,947	$48,587	$13,820	14th of 14
23	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 53 graduates a year	$22,633	$43,604	$12,000	24th of 35
24	TheatreAbout 17 graduates a year	$20,645	$39,051	Not reported	9th of 31
25	Film and PhotographyAbout 106 graduates a year	$20,476	$35,878	$13,622	15th of 18
26	Writing and RhetoricAbout 17 graduates a year	$20,242	$38,415	$19,500	10th of 12
27	HistoryAbout 35 graduates a year	$18,674	$63,697	Not reported	34th of 35

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$51,862
Information Science$49,688
Subject-Area Teacher Education$46,233
Accounting$42,862
Sociology$41,062

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 435 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 419 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 212 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 194 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 187 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $51,862 in their first year, the most of 27 Brooklyn 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 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