Which Dickinson College major has the lowest debt?

Environmental Science and Conservation graduates leave with a median of $18,402 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Dickinson College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Dickinson College cost?

Tuition and fees are $65,650 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $37,607 a year.

How many Dickinson College programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at Dickinson College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Dickinson College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Carlisle, PA
2,273 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Dickinson College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Public Policy pays the most in the first year ($61,592), and Biology the least ($23,097). The median program pays $37,367.

Tuition and fees$65,650Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$37,607Per year

Graduation rate80%Within 6 years

Admission rate42%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Public PolicyGraduates a year not reported	$61,592	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	International BusinessAbout 50 graduates a year	$60,553	$104,288	$19,000	3rd of 7
3	EconomicsAbout 38 graduates a year	$53,990	$87,865	$19,000	12th of 22
4	Foundations of EducationAbout 12 graduates a year	$44,383	Not reported	$19,000	1st of 1
5	Romance LanguagesAbout 10 graduates a year	$39,694	$80,589	$19,000	6th of 12
6	Political ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$37,507	$73,090	$19,000	17th of 29
7	PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$37,227	$76,497	$19,000	9th of 48
8	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$35,305	Not reported	$19,000	5th of 6
9	Area StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$32,722	$55,883	$19,802	2nd of 2
10	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,663	$65,376	$18,402	15th of 16
11	EnglishAbout 23 graduates a year	$25,510	$59,365	$19,000	18th of 23
12	BiologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$23,097	$77,545	$19,000	50th of 50

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Public Policy$61,592
International Business$60,553
Economics$53,990
Foundations of Education$44,383
Romance Languages$39,694

Lowest median debt

Environmental Science and Conservation$18,402
International Business$19,000
Economics$19,000
Foundations of Education$19,000
Romance Languages$19,000

Largest programs

International BusinessAbout 50 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 38 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year
EnglishAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Public Policy graduates earn a median of $61,592 in their first year, the most of 12 Dickinson 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 Pennsylvania 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