Which MIT major has the lowest debt?

Mathematics graduates leave with a median of $10,003 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 MIT bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does MIT cost?

Tuition and fees are $62,396 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,111 a year.

How many MIT programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at MIT report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

MIT Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private nonprofit school
Cambridge, MA
4,535 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 MIT bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($154,492), and Neuroscience the least ($48,125). The median program pays $91,900.

Tuition and fees$62,396Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,111Per year

Graduation rate96%Within 6 years

Admission rate5%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	Computer ScienceAbout 389 graduates a year	$154,492	$220,064	$12,000	1st of 20
2	Mathematics and Computer ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$126,153	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 87 graduates a year	$117,345	$190,731	$11,935	1st of 11
4	MathematicsAbout 139 graduates a year	$109,288	$226,193	$10,003	2nd of 15
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 11 graduates a year	$103,135	Not reported	$11,935	1st of 12
6	Management ScienceAbout 49 graduates a year	$99,843	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 4
7	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 141 graduates a year	$83,957	$106,765	$11,334	2nd of 11
8	Chemical EngineeringAbout 39 graduates a year	$80,139	$124,650	$15,209	2nd of 6
9	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year	$70,696	$106,402	$13,000	3rd of 6
10	Materials EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$65,919	$98,069	Not reported	1st of 1
11	PhysicsAbout 79 graduates a year	$54,773	$126,258	$18,500	1st of 3
12	NeuroscienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$48,125	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 10

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

Computer Science$154,492
Mathematics and Computer Science$126,153
Electrical Engineering$117,345
Mathematics$109,288
Liberal Arts and General Studies$103,135

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Computer ScienceAbout 389 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 141 graduates a year
MathematicsAbout 139 graduates a year
Electrical EngineeringAbout 87 graduates a year
PhysicsAbout 79 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $154,492 in their first year, the most of 12 MIT 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 Massachusetts 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