Which Messiah University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Health Sciences graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Messiah University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Messiah University cost?

Tuition and fees are $42,240 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $26,502 a year.

How many Messiah University programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at Messiah University report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Messiah University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Mechanicsburg, PA
2,259 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Messiah University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,788), and English the least ($22,621). The median program pays $45,021. Messiah University also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$42,240Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$26,502Per year

Graduation rate75%Within 6 years

Admission rate79%Of applicants

All 15 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	NursingAbout 45 graduates a year	$73,788	$72,328	$27,000	27th of 42
2	EngineeringAbout 4 graduates a year	$64,871	$74,795	$25,798	5th of 8
3	AccountingAbout 17 graduates a year	$59,833	$80,555	$23,625	16th of 41
4	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 33 graduates a year	$50,825	$50,981	$27,000	2nd of 13
5	Teacher EducationAbout 30 graduates a year	$50,389	$49,379	$27,000	3rd of 40
6	Computer ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$49,205	Not reported	Not reported	18th of 18
7	MarketingAbout 12 graduates a year	$45,748	$65,142	Not reported	15th of 27
8	CommunicationsAbout 10 graduates a year	$45,021	$44,343	Not reported	3rd of 37
9	Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year	$43,029	$65,508	$25,978	44th of 65
10	Social WorkAbout 11 graduates a year	$34,818	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 14
11	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 21 graduates a year	$32,943	$37,003	$27,000	3rd of 5
12	PsychologyAbout 25 graduates a year	$31,131	$48,205	$27,000	34th of 48
13	Religious EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$28,885	$41,655	$26,000	1st of 1
14	Health SciencesAbout 40 graduates a year	$28,275	$49,309	$23,250	6th of 7
15	EnglishAbout 11 graduates a year	$22,621	$46,412	$26,000	20th of 23

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.

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.

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
ESL TeachingAbout 15 graduates a year	$49,362	Not reported	$26,500	1st of 1

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Health Sciences$23,250
Accounting$23,625
Engineering$25,798
Business Administration$25,978
Religious Education$26,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 45 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 40 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 33 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,788 in their first year, the most of 15 Messiah 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 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