Which Georgia State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Business Economics graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 42 Georgia State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Georgia State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,664 a year, and $24,840 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,931 a year.

How many Georgia State programs report graduate pay?

43 bachelor's programs and 3 associate's programs at Georgia State report first-year pay, and 45 of them also report federal debt.

Georgia State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Georgia State University
Public university
Atlanta, GA
26,623 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

43 Georgia State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($78,175), and Linguistics and Language Studies the least ($16,568). The median program pays $32,602. Georgia State also has 3 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$8,664Per year. Out-of-state $24,840

Average net price after aid$15,931Per year

Graduation rate53%Within 6 years

Admission rate55%Of applicants

All 43 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Georgia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Georgia. 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 Georgia
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 34 graduates a year	$78,175	$82,922	$25,336	1st of 3
2	NursingAbout 146 graduates a year	$78,165	$81,487	$26,430	10th of 34
3	Computer ScienceAbout 357 graduates a year	$66,803	$105,149	$22,500	5th of 6
4	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 301 graduates a year	$65,439	$86,056	$26,000	4th of 13
5	InsuranceAbout 34 graduates a year	$57,949	$85,608	$26,000	2nd of 2
6	FinanceAbout 234 graduates a year	$56,344	$76,480	$24,250	2nd of 9
7	AccountingAbout 147 graduates a year	$55,761	$70,327	$25,500	4th of 15
8	Management ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$55,596	$81,903	$26,000	1st of 1
9	Business EconomicsAbout 63 graduates a year	$49,368	$74,505	$19,500	3rd of 5
10	Business AdministrationAbout 135 graduates a year	$47,730	$62,425	$27,375	11th of 36
11	Teacher EducationAbout 82 graduates a year	$46,903	$51,892	$26,750	3rd of 23
12	Real EstateAbout 30 graduates a year	$44,015	Not reported	$29,789	2nd of 2
13	MathematicsAbout 33 graduates a year	$43,315	$62,151	$19,544	3rd of 4
14	Public PolicyAbout 38 graduates a year	$42,215	$57,464	$30,750	2nd of 2
15	EconomicsAbout 69 graduates a year	$40,598	$72,816	$28,500	5th of 6
16	MarketingAbout 276 graduates a year	$40,414	$65,896	$25,000	11th of 16
17	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 24 graduates a year	$39,375	$58,338	$26,500	1st of 2
18	Public HealthAbout 113 graduates a year	$34,761	Not reported	$26,000	4th of 7
19	ChemistryAbout 60 graduates a year	$33,836	$66,683	$27,683	4th of 7
20	Criminal JusticeAbout 177 graduates a year	$33,213	$52,559	$26,812	16th of 23
21	Hospitality ManagementAbout 37 graduates a year	$32,939	$52,982	$20,750	2nd of 2
22	HistoryAbout 47 graduates a year	$32,602	$41,564	$26,500	6th of 11
23	PhysicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$31,001	$57,198	$26,296	2nd of 2
24	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 454 graduates a year	$30,536	$56,279	$28,230	2nd of 2
25	Social WorkAbout 65 graduates a year	$29,609	$48,917	$30,533	2nd of 4
26	Political ScienceAbout 195 graduates a year	$29,275	$53,969	$26,000	10th of 13
27	SociologyAbout 95 graduates a year	$28,968	$43,927	$31,000	10th of 12
28	PsychologyAbout 495 graduates a year	$28,904	$46,935	$27,000	11th of 28
29	JournalismAbout 115 graduates a year	$28,416	$50,652	$27,000	6th of 8
30	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$27,932	Not reported	$31,000	2nd of 2
31	CommunicationsAbout 56 graduates a year	$27,917	$53,345	$27,854	9th of 12
32	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 120 graduates a year	$26,967	$48,032	$28,687	10th of 10
33	BiologyAbout 358 graduates a year	$26,647	$53,171	$26,000	16th of 26
34	Romance LanguagesAbout 14 graduates a year	$26,232	$48,854	$29,221	4th of 4
35	American Sign LanguageAbout 7 graduates a year	$25,656	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
36	EnglishAbout 75 graduates a year	$25,559	$48,208	$27,513	8th of 13
37	MusicAbout 31 graduates a year	$25,108	$47,699	$26,000	2nd of 3
38	NeuroscienceAbout 95 graduates a year	$22,865	$63,905	$26,000	2nd of 2
39	Film and PhotographyAbout 266 graduates a year	$22,588	$42,807	$25,755	3rd of 4
40	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 165 graduates a year	$21,226	$42,329	$27,349	9th of 12
41	AnthropologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$21,157	$35,931	$24,358	4th of 5
42	Sales and MerchandisingAbout 19 graduates a year	$16,682	Not reported	$26,000	2nd of 2
43	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 29 graduates a year	$16,568	$37,613	$23,267	3rd of 3

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

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

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Georgia" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Georgia. 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 Georgia
1	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$73,883	$81,885	$30,000	6th of 24
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$56,474	$44,966	$15,100	1st of 4
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$29,070	$44,862	$16,750	1st of 13

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$78,175
Nursing$78,165
Computer Science$66,803
Computer and Information Science$65,439
Insurance$57,949

Lowest median debt

Business Economics$19,500
Mathematics$19,544
Hospitality Management$20,750
Computer Science$22,500
Linguistics and Language Studies$23,267

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 495 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 454 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 358 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 357 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 301 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $78,175 in their first year, the most of 43 Georgia 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 Georgia 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