Which Gustavus Adolphus College major has the lowest debt?

Environmental Science and Conservation graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Gustavus Adolphus College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Gustavus Adolphus College cost?

Tuition and fees are $56,076 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,900 a year.

How many Gustavus Adolphus College programs report graduate pay?

14 bachelor's programs at Gustavus Adolphus College report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Gustavus Adolphus College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Saint Peter, MN
1,878 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Gustavus Adolphus College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($71,294), and Theatre the least ($28,601). The median program pays $41,457.

Tuition and fees$56,076Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,900Per year

Graduation rate77%Within 6 years

Admission rate61%Of applicants

All 14 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	NursingAbout 32 graduates a year	$71,294	$75,297	$27,000	22nd of 23
2	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$64,094	$87,570	$26,959	6th of 23
3	EconomicsAbout 31 graduates a year	$52,439	$90,545	$24,474	8th of 10
4	CommunicationsAbout 32 graduates a year	$50,074	$62,102	$27,000	1st of 19
5	BusinessAbout 46 graduates a year	$49,881	$69,776	$25,625	2nd of 3
6	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 12 graduates a year	$47,250	$51,678	Not reported	4th of 15
7	Teacher EducationGraduates a year not reported	$44,117	$46,637	$27,000	6th of 24
8	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$38,796	$57,683	$27,000	2nd of 14
9	Political ScienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$38,463	$61,638	$27,000	4th of 15
10	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,024	$59,016	$23,250	4th of 10
11	EnglishAbout 24 graduates a year	$33,456	$40,135	$27,000	3rd of 10
12	PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$33,174	$61,843	$25,914	17th of 23
13	BiologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$31,877	$58,180	$25,640	20th of 25
14	TheatreAbout 9 graduates a year	$28,601	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 5

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$71,294
Accounting$64,094
Economics$52,439
Communications$50,074
Business$49,881

Lowest median debt

Environmental Science and Conservation$23,250
Economics$24,474
Business$25,625
Biology$25,640
Psychology$25,914

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 54 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 46 graduates a year
NursingAbout 32 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $71,294 in their first year, the most of 14 Gustavus Adolphus 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 Minnesota 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