Linfield University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • Private nonprofit university
  • McMinnville, OR
  • 1,621 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Linfield University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($95,604), and Communications the least ($30,860). The median program pays $43,687.

Tuition and fees$50,850Per year, for all students
Average net price after aid$26,536Per year
Graduation rate70%Within 6 years
Admission rate85%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oregon. 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 Oregon 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 Oregon 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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Nursing$95,604
  2. Accounting$58,914
  3. Finance$47,517
  4. Marketing$46,734
  5. Teacher Education$43,862

Lowest median debt

  1. Finance$27,000
  2. Marketing$27,000
  3. Teacher Education$27,000
  4. Business Administration$27,000
  5. Biology$27,000

Largest programs

  1. NursingAbout 291 graduates a year
  2. Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year
  3. Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year
  4. PsychologyAbout 20 graduates a year
  5. Business AdministrationAbout 18 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $95,604 in their first year, the most of 10 Linfield 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 Oregon rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels