Which Delta State major has the lowest debt?

Business graduates leave with a median of $15,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Delta State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Delta State cost?

Tuition and fees are $8,605 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,540 a year.

How many Delta State programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Delta State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Delta State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Delta State University
Public university
Cleveland, MS
1,620 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Delta State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,221), and Psychology the least ($18,767). The median program pays $29,936.

Tuition and fees$8,605Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$13,540Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

Admission rate100%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	NursingAbout 46 graduates a year	$68,221	Not reported	$23,590	8th of 8
2	Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year	$39,008	Not reported	$19,500	3rd of 10
3	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 52 graduates a year	$34,177	Not reported	$22,500	6th of 7
4	AviationAbout 23 graduates a year	$32,537	Not reported	$21,500	1st of 1
5	BusinessAbout 24 graduates a year	$30,953	Not reported	$15,000	2nd of 2
6	Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 25 graduates a year	$28,918	Not reported	$26,979	1st of 1
7	Arts ManagementAbout 9 graduates a year	$25,415	Not reported	$28,196	2nd of 2
8	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 16 graduates a year	$24,839	Not reported	$23,375	1st of 3
9	BiologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$20,823	Not reported	$22,601	6th of 9
10	PsychologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$18,767	Not reported	$19,625	10th of 10

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

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,221
Teacher Education$39,008
Subject-Area Teacher Education$34,177
Aviation$32,537
Business$30,953

Lowest median debt

Business$15,000
Teacher Education$19,500
Psychology$19,625
Aviation$21,500
Subject-Area Teacher Education$22,500

Largest programs

Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 52 graduates a year
NursingAbout 46 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 34 graduates a year
Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 25 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,221 in their first year, the most of 10 Delta State 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 Mississippi 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