Which FAMU major has the lowest debt?

Agriculture graduates leave with a median of $16,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 FAMU bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does FAMU cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,785 a year, and $17,725 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,739 a year.

How many FAMU programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at FAMU report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

FAMU Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Public university
Tallahassee, FL
7,582 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 FAMU bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Construction Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($70,804), and Theatre the least ($16,695). The median program pays $31,401.

In-state tuition and fees$5,785Per year. Out-of-state $17,725

Average net price after aid$13,739Per year

Graduation rate53%Within 6 years

Admission rate21%Of applicants

All 19 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Florida" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Florida. 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 Florida
1	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$70,804	$86,449	$31,000	4th of 5
2	NursingAbout 56 graduates a year	$64,772	$91,473	$23,750	44th of 44
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$55,617	$66,418	$24,500	10th of 20
4	Teacher EducationAbout 29 graduates a year	$50,736	$52,489	Not reported	5th of 32
5	Business AdministrationAbout 106 graduates a year	$40,874	$58,437	$25,000	35th of 51
6	JournalismAbout 54 graduates a year	$36,356	$44,806	$27,393	4th of 5
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 36 graduates a year	$34,591	$46,377	$28,750	10th of 10
8	BiologyAbout 107 graduates a year	$34,012	$55,361	$28,125	4th of 24
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 102 graduates a year	$33,776	$44,942	$28,500	14th of 14
10	Social WorkAbout 50 graduates a year	$31,401	$41,062	$27,000	9th of 9
11	SociologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,167	$41,210	$27,090	8th of 10
12	Political ScienceAbout 57 graduates a year	$30,798	$51,461	$28,141	13th of 15
13	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 110 graduates a year	$30,107	$40,260	$31,000	8th of 9
14	PsychologyAbout 100 graduates a year	$29,264	$38,750	$24,984	14th of 24
15	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 24 graduates a year	$28,516	$39,897	$26,625	10th of 11
16	Health SciencesAbout 251 graduates a year	$27,553	$44,896	$27,750	10th of 14
17	AgricultureAbout 23 graduates a year	$26,677	$42,263	$16,750	2nd of 2
18	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$23,504	$36,500	$27,000	8th of 8
19	TheatreAbout 9 graduates a year	$16,695	Not reported	$21,959	12th of 14

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

Construction Engineering Technology$70,804
Nursing$64,772
Computer and Information Science$55,617
Teacher Education$50,736
Business Administration$40,874

Lowest median debt

Agriculture$16,750
Theatre$21,959
Nursing$23,750
Computer and Information Science$24,500
Psychology$24,984

Largest programs

Health SciencesAbout 251 graduates a year
Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 110 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 107 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 106 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 102 graduates a year

Common questions

Construction Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $70,804 in their first year, the most of 19 FAMU 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 Florida 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