Which Hampden-Sydney College major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $24,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Hampden-Sydney College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Hampden-Sydney College cost?

Tuition and fees are $54,550 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,400 a year.

How many Hampden-Sydney College programs report graduate pay?

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

Hampden-Sydney College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Hampden-Sydney, VA
946 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Hampden-Sydney College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($52,155), and Political Science the least ($37,123). The median program pays $42,949.

Tuition and fees$54,550Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,400Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate41%Of applicants

All 5 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Virginia. 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 Virginia
1	EconomicsAbout 21 graduates a year	$52,155	$77,723	$27,000	8th of 12
2	Business EconomicsAbout 33 graduates a year	$52,087	$85,615	$26,970	1st of 2
3	HistoryAbout 20 graduates a year	$42,949	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 16
4	BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$41,876	$59,350	$24,500	2nd of 25
5	Political ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$37,123	Not reported	$27,000	12th of 16

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

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $52,155 in their first year, the most of 5 Hampden-Sydney 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 Virginia 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