Which Michigan Tech major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $21,199 in federal loans, the lowest among 17 Michigan Tech bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Michigan Tech cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $19,123 a year, and $42,988 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,182 a year.

How many Michigan Tech programs report graduate pay?

17 bachelor's programs at Michigan Tech report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Michigan Tech Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Michigan Technological University
Public university
Houghton, MI
5,955 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 Michigan Tech bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Chemical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($80,193), and Biology the least ($17,541). The median program pays $64,453.

In-state tuition and fees$19,123Per year. Out-of-state $42,988

Average net price after aid$14,182Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate92%Of applicants

All 17 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	Chemical EngineeringAbout 78 graduates a year	$80,193	$95,207	$24,750	1st of 6
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 85 graduates a year	$79,439	$100,565	$27,000	7th of 12
3	Information TechnologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$77,810	$91,410	$27,000	1st of 6
4	Computer EngineeringAbout 66 graduates a year	$77,465	$105,712	$27,000	7th of 7
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 274 graduates a year	$74,922	$90,615	$27,000	11th of 16
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 64 graduates a year	$70,928	$85,298	$26,000	4th of 6
7	Computer ScienceAbout 68 graduates a year	$69,910	$106,432	$24,763	4th of 9
8	Engineering-Related FieldsAbout 10 graduates a year	$68,919	Not reported	$27,875	2nd of 4
9	Environmental EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$64,453	$77,977	$26,545	1st of 2
10	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 53 graduates a year	$63,831	$94,268	$27,000	3rd of 4
11	Geological EngineeringAbout 7 graduates a year	$63,658	Not reported	$22,849	1st of 1
12	Materials EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$63,135	$81,891	$27,000	3rd of 3
13	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$61,443	$84,118	$29,875	3rd of 5
14	Management Information SystemsAbout 9 graduates a year	$60,266	Not reported	$28,000	4th of 6
15	ForestryAbout 17 graduates a year	$45,571	$61,635	$27,000	1st of 2
16	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$38,756	$63,723	$26,000	9th of 9
17	BiologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$17,541	$45,588	$21,199	22nd of 22

Program names link to the program's own page, and Michigan 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 Michigan programs in the field do too.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Biology$21,199
Geological Engineering$22,849
Chemical Engineering$24,750
Computer Science$24,763
Civil Engineering$26,000

Largest programs

Mechanical EngineeringAbout 274 graduates a year
Electrical EngineeringAbout 85 graduates a year
Chemical EngineeringAbout 78 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 68 graduates a year
Computer EngineeringAbout 66 graduates a year

Common questions

Chemical Engineering graduates earn a median of $80,193 in their first year, the most of 17 Michigan Tech 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 Michigan 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