Which Grand View University major has the lowest debt?

Design and Applied Arts graduates leave with a median of $24,574 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Grand View University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Grand View University cost?

Tuition and fees are $34,762 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $21,774 a year.

How many Grand View University programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at Grand View University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Grand View University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Des Moines, IA
1,486 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Grand View University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,042), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($26,996). The median program pays $45,057.

Tuition and fees$34,762Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$21,774Per year

Graduation rate54%Within 6 years

Admission rate99%Of applicants

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. 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 Iowa
1	NursingAbout 41 graduates a year	$64,042	$63,111	$27,000	15th of 16
2	AccountingAbout 19 graduates a year	$56,692	$70,591	$27,000	12th of 17
3	FinanceAbout 20 graduates a year	$51,299	$63,368	$27,000	10th of 11
4	BusinessAbout 31 graduates a year	$51,251	$56,271	$27,000	4th of 5
5	Human ResourcesAbout 12 graduates a year	$49,917	$80,108	$27,375	3rd of 6
6	Teacher EducationAbout 21 graduates a year	$46,547	$49,602	$27,000	2nd of 22
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 18 graduates a year	$45,175	$58,107	$26,485	3rd of 9
8	MarketingAbout 21 graduates a year	$45,057	$58,421	$27,000	9th of 12
9	BiologyAbout 7 graduates a year	$43,237	$57,769	$26,000	2nd of 17
10	Human ServicesAbout 18 graduates a year	$40,750	$45,288	$30,750	2nd of 3
11	Social WorkAbout 15 graduates a year	$40,736	Not reported	$25,837	2nd of 6
12	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 34 graduates a year	$39,996	$51,137	$25,973	5th of 6
13	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 46 graduates a year	$36,495	$55,780	$26,921	4th of 14
14	PsychologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$34,709	$46,059	$28,200	6th of 15
15	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 9 graduates a year	$26,996	$53,635	$24,574	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa 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 Iowa 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$64,042
Accounting$56,692
Finance$51,299
Business$51,251
Human Resources$49,917

Lowest median debt

Design and Applied Arts$24,574
Social Work$25,837
Liberal Arts and General Studies$25,973
Biology$26,000
Criminal Justice$26,485

Largest programs

Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 46 graduates a year
NursingAbout 41 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 34 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 31 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,042 in their first year, the most of 15 Grand View 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 Iowa 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