Which Fitchburg State major has the lowest debt?

History graduates leave with a median of $21,635 in federal loans, the lowest among 16 Fitchburg State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Fitchburg State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,346 a year, and $17,426 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,262 a year.

How many Fitchburg State programs report graduate pay?

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

Fitchburg State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Fitchburg State University
Public university
Fitchburg, MA
2,752 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Fitchburg State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($80,228), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($29,191). The median program pays $41,015.

In-state tuition and fees$11,346Per year. Out-of-state $17,426

Average net price after aid$14,262Per year

Graduation rate55%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 16 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	NursingAbout 150 graduates a year	$80,228	$88,660	$27,000	9th of 21
2	Industrial TechnologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$56,336	$77,888	$27,000	1st of 1
3	Business AdministrationAbout 97 graduates a year	$49,907	$62,928	$26,983	14th of 32
4	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$47,508	Not reported	$27,875	10th of 10
5	HistoryAbout 8 graduates a year	$46,184	Not reported	$21,635	4th of 20
6	Human ServicesAbout 14 graduates a year	$45,641	$53,170	$26,352	2nd of 4
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 58 graduates a year	$43,418	$61,088	$26,000	7th of 16
8	BiologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$41,250	$70,713	$27,000	18th of 32
9	Teacher EducationAbout 32 graduates a year	$40,780	Not reported	$21,813	8th of 13
10	EnglishAbout 3 graduates a year	$39,938	$45,015	$27,000	7th of 28
11	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 35 graduates a year	$39,530	$52,167	$26,000	1st of 1
12	PsychologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$37,545	$47,387	$26,125	14th of 32
13	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 4 graduates a year	$37,218	$67,680	$27,000	3rd of 12
14	CommunicationsAbout 12 graduates a year	$30,662	$47,027	$25,000	16th of 20
15	Political ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$29,600	Not reported	$23,665	29th of 29
16	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 34 graduates a year	$29,191	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 14

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$80,228
Industrial Technology$56,336
Business Administration$49,907
Computer and Information Science$47,508
History$46,184

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 150 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 97 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 58 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 42 graduates a year
Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $80,228 in their first year, the most of 16 Fitchburg 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 Massachusetts 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