Which Framingham State major has the lowest debt?

Nursing graduates leave with a median of $23,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 Framingham State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Framingham State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,920 a year, and $18,000 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,114 a year.

How many Framingham State programs report graduate pay?

20 bachelor's programs at Framingham State report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

Framingham State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Framingham State University
Public university
Framingham, MA
2,566 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

20 Framingham State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($95,426), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($28,843). The median program pays $38,440.

In-state tuition and fees$11,920Per year. Out-of-state $18,000

Average net price after aid$16,114Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

Admission rate84%Of applicants

All 20 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 12 graduates a year	$95,426	Not reported	$23,000	1st of 21
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$63,538	Not reported	$25,673	6th of 10
3	Management Information SystemsAbout 20 graduates a year	$54,918	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 2
4	FinanceAbout 19 graduates a year	$52,512	Not reported	$27,000	9th of 11
5	BusinessAbout 59 graduates a year	$50,775	$60,766	$26,000	5th of 8
6	AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year	$49,830	Not reported	$26,348	12th of 14
7	BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$42,472	Not reported	$24,999	15th of 32
8	Foods and NutritionAbout 39 graduates a year	$41,932	$62,081	$26,674	1st of 1
9	CriminologyAbout 41 graduates a year	$41,431	$60,589	$25,974	2nd of 6
10	MarketingAbout 31 graduates a year	$39,218	Not reported	$25,962	13th of 13
11	Political ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,661	Not reported	Not reported	21st of 29
12	EnglishAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,188	$44,166	$27,000	11th of 28
13	Other Communications TechnologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$36,763	$53,368	$25,000	1st of 1
14	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 5 graduates a year	$35,032	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 16
15	HistoryAbout 18 graduates a year	$34,836	Not reported	$27,000	9th of 20
16	PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$34,353	$58,471	$26,810	22nd of 32
17	SociologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$33,885	$56,071	$27,000	15th of 20
18	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 31 graduates a year	$31,613	$53,727	$23,250	11th of 12
19	Apparel and TextilesAbout 32 graduates a year	$31,574	$55,499	$26,000	1st of 1
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 9 graduates a year	$28,843	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 16

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$95,426
Computer and Information Science$63,538
Management Information Systems$54,918
Finance$52,512
Business$50,775

Lowest median debt

Nursing$23,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$23,250
Biology$24,999
Management Information Systems$25,000
Other Communications Technology$25,000

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 59 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 41 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year
Foods and NutritionAbout 39 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $95,426 in their first year, the most of 20 Framingham 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