Which Emporia State major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $16,938 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Emporia State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Emporia State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,106 a year, and $15,419 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,261 a year.

How many Emporia State programs report graduate pay?

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

Emporia State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Emporia State University
Public university
Emporia, KS
2,239 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Emporia State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($60,066), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($19,276). The median program pays $38,538.

In-state tuition and fees$7,106Per year. Out-of-state $15,419

Average net price after aid$16,261Per year

Graduation rate56%Within 6 years

Admission rate98%Of applicants

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Kansas. 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 Kansas
1	NursingAbout 59 graduates a year	$60,066	$70,173	$24,440	15th of 15
2	Information ScienceAbout 6 graduates a year	$48,438	$86,014	$19,237	2nd of 2
3	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 85 graduates a year	$43,954	$46,340	$22,500	3rd of 6
4	Teacher EducationAbout 140 graduates a year	$43,933	$47,669	$23,976	6th of 15
5	AccountingAbout 11 graduates a year	$40,967	$72,650	$20,000	10th of 10
6	MarketingAbout 21 graduates a year	$40,830	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 8
7	Business AdministrationAbout 75 graduates a year	$40,528	$63,189	$16,938	12th of 16
8	Human ResourcesAbout 5 graduates a year	$38,538	Not reported	$21,257	4th of 4
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year	$38,423	$44,658	$26,492	5th of 6
10	CommunicationsAbout 20 graduates a year	$37,095	$42,347	$26,000	3rd of 7
11	Criminal JusticeAbout 8 graduates a year	$35,970	$48,076	$23,480	7th of 8
12	PsychologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$35,389	$50,193	$19,500	6th of 10
13	Public HealthAbout 35 graduates a year	$31,547	$47,913	$24,250	1st of 1
14	SociologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$29,313	$45,194	$27,000	5th of 5
15	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 16 graduates a year	$19,276	$34,132	$25,129	4th of 5

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

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$60,066
Information Science$48,438
Subject-Area Teacher Education$43,954
Teacher Education$43,933
Accounting$40,967

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$16,938
Information Science$19,237
Psychology$19,500
Accounting$20,000
Human Resources$21,257

Largest programs

Teacher EducationAbout 140 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 85 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 75 graduates a year
NursingAbout 59 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $60,066 in their first year, the most of 15 Emporia 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 Kansas 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