Which John Brown University major has the lowest debt?

Design and Applied Arts graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 John Brown University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does John Brown University cost?

Tuition and fees are $31,756 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,397 a year.

How many John Brown University programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at John Brown University report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

John Brown University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Siloam Springs, AR
1,471 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 John Brown University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Construction Management pays the most in the first year ($73,249), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($24,893). The median program pays $42,496.

Tuition and fees$31,756Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,397Per year

Graduation rate72%Within 6 years

Admission rate76%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arkansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Arkansas. 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 Arkansas
1	Construction ManagementAbout 11 graduates a year	$73,249	$99,760	Not reported	1st of 1
2	EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$67,911	$90,667	$25,488	1st of 1
3	NursingAbout 22 graduates a year	$67,343	Not reported	$29,291	9th of 13
4	BusinessAbout 11 graduates a year	$58,390	$67,683	$26,566	1st of 5
5	Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$54,982	$78,579	$27,000	3rd of 12
6	Teacher EducationAbout 13 graduates a year	$42,496	$44,600	Not reported	2nd of 11
7	PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$35,294	Not reported	$26,544	1st of 12
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 8 graduates a year	$32,974	Not reported	$26,772	5th of 10
9	Pastoral Counseling and MinistriesAbout 7 graduates a year	$27,996	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
10	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 21 graduates a year	$24,935	$41,801	$23,625	2nd of 2
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$24,893	$51,158	$20,500	5th of 7

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

Construction Management$73,249
Engineering$67,911
Nursing$67,343
Business$58,390
Business Administration$54,982

Lowest median debt

Design and Applied Arts$20,500
Human Development and Family Studies$23,625
Engineering$25,488
Psychology$26,544
Business$26,566

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year
NursingAbout 22 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 21 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year

Common questions

Construction Management graduates earn a median of $73,249 in their first year, the most of 11 John Brown 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 Arkansas 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