Which Eckerd College major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $22,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Eckerd College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Eckerd College cost?

Tuition and fees are $51,884 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $38,071 a year.

How many Eckerd College programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Eckerd College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Eckerd College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Saint Petersburg, FL
1,888 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Eckerd College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Political Science pays the most in the first year ($34,621), and Anthropology the least ($20,191). The median program pays $26,699.

Tuition and fees$51,884Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$38,071Per year

Graduation rate66%Within 6 years

Admission rate76%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Florida" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Florida. 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 Florida
1	Political ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$34,621	$53,089	Not reported	8th of 15
2	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$33,544	$51,879	$22,500	10th of 16
3	Business AdministrationAbout 17 graduates a year	$33,153	$74,647	Not reported	50th of 51
4	Experimental PsychologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$31,596	$44,075	$22,980	1st of 3
5	BiologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$26,871	$33,830	$27,000	15th of 24
6	International RelationsAbout 6 graduates a year	$26,526	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 7
7	PsychologyAbout 46 graduates a year	$25,930	$41,947	$27,000	23rd of 24
8	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 77 graduates a year	$25,709	$42,741	$26,000	9th of 12
9	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 84 graduates a year	$21,980	$39,386	$27,000	7th of 7
10	AnthropologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$20,191	Not reported	$26,500	6th of 6

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

Political Science$34,621
Communications$33,544
Business Administration$33,153
Experimental Psychology$31,596
Biology$26,871

Lowest median debt

Communications$22,500
Experimental Psychology$22,980
Environmental Science and Conservation$26,000
Anthropology$26,500
Biology$27,000

Largest programs

Ecology and EvolutionAbout 84 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 77 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 46 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 44 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year

Common questions

Political Science graduates earn a median of $34,621 in their first year, the most of 10 Eckerd 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 Florida 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