Which Grinnell College major has the lowest debt?

Sociology graduates leave with a median of $16,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Grinnell College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Grinnell College cost?

Tuition and fees are $68,106 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,648 a year.

How many Grinnell College programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Grinnell College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Grinnell College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Grinnell, IA
1,729 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Grinnell College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($84,449), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($20,111). The median program pays $36,916.

Tuition and fees$68,106Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,648Per year

Graduation rate88%Within 6 years

Admission rate15%Of applicants

All 10 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	Computer ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year	$84,449	$122,922	$16,375	1st of 5
2	EconomicsAbout 54 graduates a year	$46,791	$78,815	$16,950	4th of 5
3	HistoryAbout 12 graduates a year	$39,687	$66,562	$17,500	2nd of 4
4	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$38,598	$78,143	$16,549	3rd of 4
5	BiologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$37,170	$64,851	$17,500	5th of 17
6	Political ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$36,662	$60,366	$17,500	3rd of 5
7	Romance LanguagesAbout 23 graduates a year	$28,691	$58,680	$17,814	5th of 5
8	Experimental PsychologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$28,507	Not reported	$17,702	1st of 1
9	SociologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$28,216	$57,657	$16,000	5th of 5
10	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 9 graduates a year	$20,111	Not reported	$16,750	3rd of 3

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.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$84,449
Economics$46,791
History$39,687
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$38,598
Biology$37,170

Lowest median debt

Sociology$16,000
Computer Science$16,375
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$16,549
Fine and Studio Arts$16,750
Economics$16,950

Largest programs

Computer ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 54 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 43 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $84,449 in their first year, the most of 10 Grinnell College 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