Which Lafayette College major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $13,640 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Lafayette College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Lafayette College cost?

Tuition and fees are $65,398 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $34,433 a year.

How many Lafayette College programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Lafayette College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Lafayette College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Easton, PA
2,757 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Lafayette College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Chemical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($79,602), and Psychology the least ($36,235). The median program pays $63,299.

Tuition and fees$65,398Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$34,433Per year

Graduation rate88%Within 6 years

Admission rate31%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Chemical EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$79,602	$97,678	$17,000	5th of 9
2	EngineeringAbout 13 graduates a year	$76,507	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 8
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year	$72,481	$94,144	$19,500	7th of 14
4	Civil EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$70,391	$90,802	$16,000	5th of 9
5	EconomicsAbout 100 graduates a year	$68,164	$106,100	$19,500	6th of 22
6	International RelationsAbout 25 graduates a year	$58,433	$89,758	$16,620	3rd of 7
7	Political ScienceAbout 71 graduates a year	$48,112	$81,966	$13,640	4th of 29
8	Sociology and AnthropologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$43,321	Not reported	$17,549	1st of 1
9	BiologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$41,885	$78,669	$17,000	6th of 50
10	PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$36,235	$74,290	$16,000	13th of 48

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

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Chemical Engineering$79,602
Engineering$76,507
Mechanical Engineering$72,481
Civil Engineering$70,391
Economics$68,164

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 100 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 71 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 50 graduates a year
International RelationsAbout 25 graduates a year

Common questions

Chemical Engineering graduates earn a median of $79,602 in their first year, the most of 10 Lafayette 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 Pennsylvania 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