Which Metropolitan State University major has the lowest debt?

Information Science graduates leave with a median of $25,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 26 Metropolitan State University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Metropolitan State University cost?

Tuition and fees are $9,840 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,863 a year.

How many Metropolitan State University programs report graduate pay?

26 bachelor's programs at Metropolitan State University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Metropolitan State University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Saint Paul, MN
5,616 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

26 Metropolitan State University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($77,421), and English the least ($33,999). The median program pays $49,261.

Tuition and fees$9,840Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$16,863Per year

Graduation rate44%Within 6 years

Admission rate99%Of applicants

All 26 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	NursingAbout 107 graduates a year	$77,421	$92,966	$35,762	7th of 23
2	Computer ScienceAbout 105 graduates a year	$72,865	$99,864	$27,008	7th of 13
3	Information ScienceAbout 43 graduates a year	$64,382	$82,008	$25,000	1st of 4
4	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year	$60,849	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 3
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$59,158	Not reported	$26,113	7th of 7
6	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 27 graduates a year	$56,516	$58,761	$42,688	1st of 3
7	Business AdministrationAbout 245 graduates a year	$56,314	$69,606	$29,250	8th of 28
8	AccountingAbout 60 graduates a year	$54,137	$67,821	$32,828	20th of 23
9	Information TechnologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$54,025	$81,130	$42,396	4th of 4
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 83 graduates a year	$52,125	$60,410	$29,426	2nd of 12
11	FinanceAbout 47 graduates a year	$51,544	$62,374	$31,000	10th of 15
12	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year	$49,751	$61,930	$35,110	2nd of 7
13	MarketingAbout 36 graduates a year	$49,439	$61,040	$27,000	9th of 17
14	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 4 graduates a year	$49,083	$70,018	$32,145	2nd of 2
15	Human ResourcesAbout 42 graduates a year	$48,999	$64,963	$34,516	8th of 9
16	Social WorkAbout 63 graduates a year	$47,637	$57,301	$29,615	1st of 13
17	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$46,490	$68,407	$27,984	5th of 15
18	CommunicationsAbout 35 graduates a year	$46,320	$60,038	$34,933	3rd of 19
19	Human ServicesAbout 53 graduates a year	$45,751	$51,794	$31,000	1st of 3
20	Teacher EducationAbout 24 graduates a year	$42,471	$47,590	$28,279	13th of 24
21	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$42,128	$64,316	$28,619	2nd of 25
22	Social SciencesAbout 23 graduates a year	$41,954	$50,858	$31,000	1st of 1
23	PsychologyAbout 102 graduates a year	$40,958	$49,480	$30,155	2nd of 23
24	Writing and RhetoricAbout 16 graduates a year	$39,558	$50,935	$26,680	1st of 4
25	Experimental PsychologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$36,600	Not reported	$28,375	3rd of 5
26	EnglishAbout 9 graduates a year	$33,999	$40,744	$26,500	2nd of 10

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

Nursing$77,421
Computer Science$72,865
Information Science$64,382
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$60,849
Computer and Information Science$59,158

Lowest median debt

Information Science$25,000
Computer and Information Science$26,113
English$26,500
Writing and Rhetoric$26,680
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$27,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 245 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year
NursingAbout 107 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 105 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 102 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $77,421 in their first year, the most of 26 Metropolitan State 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 Minnesota 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