Which Lee University major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $16,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 16 Lee University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Lee University cost?

Tuition and fees are $23,790 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,878 a year.

How many Lee University programs report graduate pay?

17 bachelor's programs at Lee University report first-year pay, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Lee University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Cleveland, TN
2,617 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 Lee University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($67,930), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($22,135). The median program pays $30,977.

Tuition and fees$23,790Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,878Per year

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

Admission rate71%Of applicants

All 17 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee
1	NursingAbout 67 graduates a year	$67,930	Not reported	$25,300	11th of 27
2	AccountingAbout 23 graduates a year	$53,577	$80,730	$16,750	2nd of 9
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 53 graduates a year	$45,678	$42,674	$28,979	1st of 10
4	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$45,248	$45,840	$29,625	1st of 4
5	Teacher EducationAbout 31 graduates a year	$44,397	$41,273	$23,832	2nd of 15
6	Business AdministrationAbout 63 graduates a year	$40,193	$61,940	$25,000	17th of 28
7	Pastoral Counseling and MinistriesAbout 60 graduates a year	$35,189	$43,323	$28,750	1st of 2
8	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 18 graduates a year	$33,162	$43,634	$27,000	3rd of 3
9	EnglishAbout 11 graduates a year	$30,977	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 10
10	PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year	$27,576	$39,475	$26,450	17th of 21
11	CommunicationsAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,365	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 13
12	Health SciencesAbout 13 graduates a year	$26,734	Not reported	$26,000	1st of 1
13	Other EducationGraduates a year not reported	$26,676	$34,307	$28,375	1st of 1
14	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 18 graduates a year	$26,598	Not reported	$29,750	2nd of 8
15	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 9 graduates a year	$26,537	$47,384	$26,750	1st of 1
16	SociologyAbout 9 graduates a year	$25,127	Not reported	$25,245	6th of 8
17	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$22,135	Not reported	$24,750	17th of 17

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

Nursing$67,930
Accounting$53,577
Liberal Arts and General Studies$45,678
Subject-Area Teacher Education$45,248
Teacher Education$44,397

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year
NursingAbout 67 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 63 graduates a year
Pastoral Counseling and MinistriesAbout 60 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 53 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $67,930 in their first year, the most of 17 Lee 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 Tennessee 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