Which Elmhurst University major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $18,125 in federal loans, the lowest among 16 Elmhurst University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Elmhurst University cost?

Tuition and fees are $42,955 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $24,185 a year.

How many Elmhurst University programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs at Elmhurst University report first-year pay, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Elmhurst University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Elmhurst, IL
3,006 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Elmhurst University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,820), and Music the least ($21,759). The median program pays $39,213.

Tuition and fees$42,955Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$24,185Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate74%Of applicants

All 18 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	NursingAbout 114 graduates a year	$73,820	$81,296	$25,000	15th of 32
2	Computer ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$72,910	Not reported	Not reported	11th of 23
3	AccountingAbout 17 graduates a year	$59,734	$86,907	$18,125	10th of 28
4	FinanceAbout 42 graduates a year	$57,171	$85,336	$18,250	6th of 21
5	Business AdministrationAbout 84 graduates a year	$49,771	$71,103	$19,750	12th of 38
6	Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year	$48,105	$52,374	$24,064	3rd of 38
7	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 39 graduates a year	$46,789	$58,102	$27,000	7th of 21
8	CommunicationsAbout 1 graduates a year	$41,423	$50,554	Not reported	4th of 26
9	MarketingAbout 21 graduates a year	$40,074	$81,964	$19,000	18th of 22
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 26 graduates a year	$38,352	$72,219	$27,000	15th of 22
11	Arts ManagementAbout 12 graduates a year	$36,432	$41,639	$26,125	1st of 2
12	Romance LanguagesAbout 19 graduates a year	$35,767	$65,456	$20,000	6th of 10
13	EnglishAbout 18 graduates a year	$33,947	$47,521	$19,500	7th of 18
14	Writing and RhetoricAbout 13 graduates a year	$33,556	$54,045	$23,250	1st of 5
15	PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year	$32,553	$53,088	$23,000	13th of 35
16	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$31,538	$63,657	$23,375	6th of 19
17	BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$30,804	$58,884	$24,287	21st of 27
18	MusicAbout 8 graduates a year	$21,759	$38,722	$28,125	9th of 13

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$73,820
Computer Science$72,910
Accounting$59,734
Finance$57,171
Business Administration$49,771

Lowest median debt

Accounting$18,125
Finance$18,250
Marketing$19,000
English$19,500
Business Administration$19,750

Largest programs

NursingAbout 114 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 84 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 42 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,820 in their first year, the most of 18 Elmhurst 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 Illinois 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