Which Fort Hays State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Agricultural Business graduates leave with a median of $19,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 24 Fort Hays State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Fort Hays State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,923 a year, and $17,741 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,569 a year.

How many Fort Hays State programs report graduate pay?

26 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Fort Hays State report first-year pay, and 25 of them also report federal debt.

Fort Hays State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Fort Hays State University
Public university
Hays, KS
9,733 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

26 Fort Hays State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($67,435), and Political Science the least ($30,454). The median program pays $44,940. Fort Hays State also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,923Per year. Out-of-state $17,741

Average net price after aid$12,569Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

Admission rate90%Of applicants

All 26 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 131 graduates a year	$67,435	$84,609	$24,726	8th of 15
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 52 graduates a year	$62,386	$47,433	$30,950	2nd of 3
3	Computer ProgrammingAbout 82 graduates a year	$57,162	Not reported	$28,000	1st of 2
4	AccountingAbout 35 graduates a year	$56,503	$54,152	$26,000	4th of 10
5	Information ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$56,399	$71,322	$26,427	1st of 2
6	Management Information SystemsAbout 67 graduates a year	$55,111	Not reported	$24,119	3rd of 3
7	Other BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$54,142	$60,561	$26,564	1st of 2
8	Business AdministrationAbout 381 graduates a year	$52,129	$63,192	$27,000	8th of 16
9	EconomicsAbout 230 graduates a year	$50,690	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
10	AgricultureAbout 41 graduates a year	$48,048	$47,873	$20,340	1st of 1
11	FinanceAbout 409 graduates a year	$47,313	$52,869	$19,520	7th of 7
12	Agricultural BusinessAbout 39 graduates a year	$47,012	$49,628	$19,250	2nd of 2
13	MarketingAbout 23 graduates a year	$45,619	$60,743	$31,000	4th of 8
14	ChemistryAbout 7 graduates a year	$44,261	$46,464	$31,000	1st of 2
15	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$43,421	Not reported	$23,875	1st of 2
16	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 94 graduates a year	$43,273	$53,261	$23,082	5th of 6
17	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 141 graduates a year	$42,795	$51,328	$26,573	1st of 6
18	Criminal JusticeAbout 41 graduates a year	$42,428	$48,305	$28,750	3rd of 8
19	Social WorkAbout 37 graduates a year	$42,413	$46,993	$27,000	1st of 6
20	Teacher EducationAbout 143 graduates a year	$42,112	$46,374	$30,800	11th of 15
21	PsychologyAbout 98 graduates a year	$40,009	$45,217	$29,000	1st of 10
22	SociologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$38,075	$47,473	$33,482	3rd of 5
23	BiologyAbout 48 graduates a year	$37,134	$53,646	$22,000	2nd of 8
24	Hospitality ManagementAbout 13 graduates a year	$34,004	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
25	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 35 graduates a year	$31,909	$49,710	$22,937	1st of 5
26	Political ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$30,454	Not reported	$30,468	3rd of 4

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.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kansas.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kansas
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 4 graduates a year	$39,212	$60,450	$19,626	8th of 8

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

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

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$67,435
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$62,386
Computer Programming$57,162
Accounting$56,503
Information Science$56,399

Lowest median debt

Agricultural Business$19,250
Finance$19,520
Agriculture$20,340
Biology$22,000
Fine and Studio Arts$22,937

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 409 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 381 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 230 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 143 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 141 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $67,435 in their first year, the most of 26 Fort Hays 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