Which Fort Lewis College major has the lowest debt?

Public Health graduates leave with a median of $14,615 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Fort Lewis College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Fort Lewis College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,958 a year, and $21,526 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,296 a year.

How many Fort Lewis College programs report graduate pay?

14 bachelor's programs at Fort Lewis College report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Fort Lewis College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Durango, CO
3,079 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Fort Lewis College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Engineering pays the most in the first year ($50,985), and Environmental Science and Conservation the least ($22,541). The median program pays $26,685.

In-state tuition and fees$9,958Per year. Out-of-state $21,526

Average net price after aid$17,296Per year

Graduation rate36%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 14 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Colorado. 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 Colorado
1	EngineeringAbout 26 graduates a year	$50,985	$74,411	$28,450	1st of 1
2	AccountingAbout 14 graduates a year	$45,693	$62,134	$21,500	9th of 10
3	Public HealthAbout 18 graduates a year	$37,498	Not reported	$14,615	3rd of 3
4	ChemistryAbout 13 graduates a year	$34,159	Not reported	$15,417	4th of 4
5	BusinessAbout 77 graduates a year	$33,376	$60,396	$20,500	7th of 7
6	SociologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,553	$38,414	$19,213	9th of 10
7	PsychologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$27,019	$37,246	$20,264	13th of 14
8	BiologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$26,350	$43,405	$18,761	11th of 11
9	AnthropologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$25,891	$40,213	$17,592	4th of 5
10	EnglishAbout 25 graduates a year	$25,718	$42,504	$16,250	9th of 10
11	Outdoor EducationAbout 9 graduates a year	$25,514	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$24,419	$49,128	$15,000	7th of 8
13	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$22,754	$38,124	$16,500	7th of 8
14	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 46 graduates a year	$22,541	$45,158	$21,477	6th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Colorado 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 Colorado programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Engineering$50,985
Accounting$45,693
Public Health$37,498
Chemistry$34,159
Business$33,376

Lowest median debt

Public Health$14,615
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$15,000
Chemistry$15,417
English$16,250
Fine and Studio Arts$16,500

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 77 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 55 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 46 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 27 graduates a year

Common questions

Engineering graduates earn a median of $50,985 in their first year, the most of 14 Fort Lewis 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 Colorado 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