Which Hampton University major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $23,355 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Hampton University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Hampton University cost?

Tuition and fees are $30,592 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $25,319 a year.

How many Hampton University programs report graduate pay?

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

Hampton University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Hampton, VA
3,727 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Hampton University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,303), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($27,633). The median program pays $31,335.

Tuition and fees$30,592Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$25,319Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate62%Of applicants

All 9 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	NursingAbout 12 graduates a year	$69,303	$80,664	$26,999	19th of 20
2	Political ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$37,200	$58,354	$26,250	11th of 16
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 30 graduates a year	$37,179	Not reported	$26,000	9th of 11
4	MarketingAbout 23 graduates a year	$32,511	Not reported	$23,355	7th of 7
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 17 graduates a year	$31,335	$52,065	$27,000	15th of 15
6	BiologyAbout 56 graduates a year	$30,359	$51,602	$27,000	17th of 25
7	PsychologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$29,154	$57,372	$26,000	20th of 26
8	JournalismAbout 23 graduates a year	$28,324	$56,384	$26,250	3rd of 4
9	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 32 graduates a year	$27,633	$51,472	$26,000	10th of 14

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.

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

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 56 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 50 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 32 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 30 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,303 in their first year, the most of 9 Hampton 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 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