Which Furman University major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Furman University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Furman University cost?

Tuition and fees are $59,770 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $30,308 a year.

How many Furman University programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Furman University report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Furman University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Greenville, SC
2,379 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Furman University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($55,615), and English the least ($16,583). The median program pays $34,473.

Tuition and fees$59,770Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$30,308Per year

Graduation rate79%Within 6 years

Admission rate43%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. 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 South Carolina
1	EconomicsAbout 19 graduates a year	$55,615	Not reported	$24,125	1st of 3
2	Business AdministrationAbout 45 graduates a year	$49,008	$76,391	$19,500	5th of 27
3	CommunicationsAbout 47 graduates a year	$41,766	$64,162	$22,631	1st of 11
4	Political ScienceAbout 58 graduates a year	$34,473	$69,977	$27,000	5th of 12
5	PsychologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$29,395	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 18
6	BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$28,801	$80,090	$21,645	13th of 20
7	EnglishAbout 17 graduates a year	$16,583	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 9

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

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$55,615
Business Administration$49,008
Communications$41,766
Political Science$34,473
Psychology$29,395

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$19,500
Biology$21,645
Communications$22,631
Economics$24,125
Political Science$27,000

Largest programs

Political ScienceAbout 58 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 47 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 45 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 42 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $55,615 in their first year, the most of 7 Furman University 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 South Carolina 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