Which Fayetteville State major has the lowest debt?

Fire Science graduates leave with a median of $15,777 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Fayetteville State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Fayetteville State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,353 a year, and $8,353 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,892 a year.

How many Fayetteville State programs report graduate pay?

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

Fayetteville State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Fayetteville State University
Public university
Fayetteville, NC
5,762 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Fayetteville State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,448), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($16,454). The median program pays $31,643.

In-state tuition and fees$4,353Per year. Out-of-state $8,353

Average net price after aid$7,892Per year

Graduation rate38%Within 6 years

Admission rate82%Of applicants

All 14 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across North Carolina. 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 North Carolina
1	NursingAbout 146 graduates a year	$73,448	$87,767	$22,052	8th of 26
2	Fire ScienceAbout 37 graduates a year	$67,586	$81,600	$15,777	1st of 2
3	Computer ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$50,940	$60,188	$27,000	11th of 15
4	Teacher EducationAbout 37 graduates a year	$42,080	$43,980	$30,087	12th of 25
5	AccountingAbout 74 graduates a year	$40,056	$48,981	$31,000	18th of 19
6	SociologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$33,544	$40,617	$31,888	5th of 14
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 36 graduates a year	$32,069	Not reported	$26,833	8th of 9
8	PsychologyAbout 157 graduates a year	$31,217	$42,034	$27,000	6th of 24
9	Business AdministrationAbout 127 graduates a year	$30,944	$48,720	$28,786	35th of 37
10	Social WorkAbout 41 graduates a year	$29,726	$46,216	$32,500	12th of 15
11	Criminal JusticeAbout 87 graduates a year	$29,016	$42,029	$26,000	21st of 24
12	BiologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$28,332	$51,627	$25,000	26th of 28
13	CommunicationsAbout 14 graduates a year	$24,210	$35,927	$29,417	20th of 20
14	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$16,454	Not reported	$27,497	11th of 12

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$73,448
Fire Science$67,586
Computer Science$50,940
Teacher Education$42,080
Accounting$40,056

Lowest median debt

Fire Science$15,777
Nursing$22,052
Biology$25,000
Criminal Justice$26,000
Health and Medical Administration$26,833

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 157 graduates a year
NursingAbout 146 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 127 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 87 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 74 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,448 in their first year, the most of 14 Fayetteville 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 North Carolina 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