Which Grambling State major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $33,187 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Grambling State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Grambling State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,683 a year, and $16,706 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,809 a year.

How many Grambling State programs report graduate pay?

9 bachelor's programs at Grambling State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Grambling State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Grambling State University
Public university
Grambling, LA
4,164 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Grambling State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($40,864), and Parks and Recreation the least ($19,830). The median program pays $23,418.

In-state tuition and fees$7,683Per year. Out-of-state $16,706

Average net price after aid$19,809Per year

Graduation rate36%Within 6 years

Admission rate45%Of applicants

All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Louisiana. 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 Louisiana
1	Engineering TechnologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$40,864	Not reported	$44,625	2nd of 2
2	CommunicationsAbout 40 graduates a year	$27,375	$35,711	$36,500	6th of 11
3	BiologyAbout 78 graduates a year	$27,164	$45,785	$33,187	7th of 14
4	Social WorkAbout 33 graduates a year	$26,980	$36,809	$49,736	3rd of 5
5	Business AdministrationAbout 47 graduates a year	$23,418	$33,761	$38,828	15th of 16
6	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 25 graduates a year	$23,073	Not reported	$53,588	6th of 6
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 109 graduates a year	$23,046	$39,072	$39,871	10th of 10
8	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 30 graduates a year	$22,864	$40,481	$37,449	5th of 5
9	Parks and RecreationAbout 23 graduates a year	$19,830	$36,507	$41,750	1st of 1

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Engineering Technology$40,864
Communications$27,375
Biology$27,164
Social Work$26,980
Business Administration$23,418

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 109 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 78 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 47 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 40 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $40,864 in their first year, the most of 9 Grambling 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 Louisiana 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