Which McDaniel College major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $21,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 McDaniel College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does McDaniel College cost?

Tuition and fees are $52,081 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $21,916 a year.

How many McDaniel College programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at McDaniel College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

McDaniel College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Westminster, MD
1,617 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 McDaniel College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($65,941), and Communications the least ($32,402). The median program pays $37,728.

Tuition and fees$52,081Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$21,916Per year

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

Admission rate78%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Maryland. 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 Maryland
1	AccountingAbout 19 graduates a year	$65,941	$82,620	$24,210	4th of 10
2	Business AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year	$59,048	$79,062	$25,000	4th of 12
3	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$38,122	$48,427	$25,697	1st of 7
4	SociologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$37,728	$54,923	$25,000	4th of 9
5	EnglishAbout 6 graduates a year	$35,793	$51,942	$22,250	3rd of 9
6	BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$33,241	$57,664	$21,375	8th of 14
7	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$32,402	$62,755	$25,000	7th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maryland ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Biology$21,375
English$22,250
Accounting$24,210
Business Administration$25,000
Sociology$25,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 19 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $65,941 in their first year, the most of 7 McDaniel 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 Maryland 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