Which Ferrum College major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $27,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Ferrum College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Ferrum College cost?

Tuition and fees are $28,520 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,082 a year.

How many Ferrum College programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs at Ferrum College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Ferrum College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Ferrum, VA
699 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Ferrum College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($42,080), and Subject-Area Teacher Education the least ($29,100). The median program pays $33,795.

Tuition and fees$28,520Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,082Per year

Graduation rate32%Within 6 years

Admission rate89%Of applicants

All 3 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Virginia. 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 Virginia
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 8 graduates a year	$42,080	$50,305	$29,500	6th of 15
2	Business AdministrationAbout 11 graduates a year	$33,795	Not reported	$27,000	26th of 28
3	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$29,100	$48,774	$31,000	7th of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

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

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $42,080 in their first year, the most of 3 Ferrum 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 Virginia 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