Which Eastern Oregon University major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $20,916 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Eastern Oregon University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Eastern Oregon University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,076 a year, and $25,431 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,148 a year.

How many Eastern Oregon University programs report graduate pay?

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

Eastern Oregon University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
La Grande, OR
2,172 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Eastern Oregon University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Fire Science pays the most in the first year ($58,911), and Psychology the least ($27,698). The median program pays $39,745.

In-state tuition and fees$11,076Per year. Out-of-state $25,431

Average net price after aid$17,148Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 6 years

Admission rate98%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oregon. 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 Oregon
1	Fire ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$58,911	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 1
2	Other EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$44,558	$49,435	$25,732	1st of 1
2	Teacher EducationAbout 51 graduates a year	$44,558	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 6
4	Business AdministrationAbout 104 graduates a year	$43,804	$60,407	$26,750	7th of 9
5	Other Social SciencesAbout 25 graduates a year	$42,347	$40,162	$29,750	1st of 1
6	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,143	Not reported	$29,801	3rd of 10
7	BiologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$35,435	Not reported	$20,916	3rd of 14
8	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 73 graduates a year	$32,584	$50,706	$25,000	2nd of 8
9	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 46 graduates a year	$31,291	Not reported	$37,568	1st of 1
10	PsychologyAbout 49 graduates a year	$27,698	$44,016	$25,000	13th of 14

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Fire Science$58,911
Other Education$44,558
Teacher Education$44,558
Business Administration$43,804
Other Social Sciences$42,347

Lowest median debt

Biology$20,916
Fire Science$25,000
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$25,000
Psychology$25,000
Other Education$25,732

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 104 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 73 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 51 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 49 graduates a year
Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Fire Science graduates earn a median of $58,911 in their first year, the most of 10 Eastern Oregon 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 Oregon 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