Knox College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private nonprofit college
- Galesburg, IL
- 1,127 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Knox College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Teacher Education pays the most in the first year ($41,934), and Writing and Rhetoric the least ($15,466). The median program pays $27,554.
All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois 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 Illinois programs in the field do too.
4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- Teacher Education$41,934
- Biology$31,203
- Environmental Science and Conservation$28,757
- Sociology and Anthropology$26,350
- Economics$23,222
Lowest median debt
- Economics$25,000
- Environmental Science and Conservation$26,000
- Writing and Rhetoric$26,976
- Teacher Education$27,000
- Biology$27,000
Largest programs
- BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year
- Writing and RhetoricAbout 20 graduates a year
- EconomicsAbout 19 graduates a year
- Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 18 graduates a year
- Teacher EducationAbout 17 graduates a year
Common questions
Teacher Education graduates earn a median of $41,934 in their first year, the most of 6 Knox College bachelor's programs that report pay.
Economics graduates leave with a median of $25,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Knox College bachelor's programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees are $57,903 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $24,595 a year.
6 bachelor's programs at Knox College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
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 Illinois 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