Which Minnesota State Moorhead bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Information Science graduates leave with a median of $13,773 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Minnesota State Moorhead bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Minnesota State Moorhead cost?

Tuition and fees are $10,428 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,997 a year.

How many Minnesota State Moorhead programs report graduate pay?

21 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at Minnesota State Moorhead report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Minnesota State Moorhead Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Minnesota State University Moorhead
Public university
Moorhead, MN
3,072 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Minnesota State Moorhead bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($78,006), and English the least ($29,491). The median program pays $43,245. Minnesota State Moorhead also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$10,428Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,997Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate59%Of applicants

All 21 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 98 graduates a year	$78,006	$88,205	$30,359	5th of 23
2	Construction ManagementAbout 19 graduates a year	$70,084	$93,175	$21,764	3rd of 4
3	Business AdministrationAbout 130 graduates a year	$53,228	$60,288	$23,250	14th of 28
4	AccountingAbout 26 graduates a year	$50,867	$66,436	$22,500	23rd of 23
5	Information ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$49,625	Not reported	$13,773	3rd of 4
6	FinanceAbout 25 graduates a year	$48,121	$57,924	$22,300	13th of 15
7	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year	$44,850	$50,414	$29,750	7th of 15
8	Criminal JusticeAbout 39 graduates a year	$44,037	$52,769	$23,485	9th of 12
9	Paralegal StudiesAbout 13 graduates a year	$43,585	$46,591	$27,750	1st of 1
10	Social WorkAbout 54 graduates a year	$43,471	$52,122	$27,000	10th of 13
11	Teacher EducationAbout 91 graduates a year	$43,245	$45,886	$27,000	8th of 24
12	SociologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$42,984	$56,526	$27,000	2nd of 6
13	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 12 graduates a year	$39,198	$54,974	$22,312	2nd of 2
14	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$38,587	$46,027	$27,000	4th of 11
15	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$38,088	$49,812	$22,500	3rd of 14
16	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$36,172	$45,103	$23,774	18th of 19
17	PsychologyAbout 49 graduates a year	$35,411	$43,576	$23,250	13th of 23
18	Political ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$33,220	Not reported	$22,125	10th of 15
19	BiologyAbout 48 graduates a year	$32,422	$62,152	$20,000	18th of 25
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$30,521	$39,517	$27,000	2nd of 8
21	EnglishAbout 10 graduates a year	$29,491	$40,205	$26,488	5th 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.

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 Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Minnesota.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
Business AdministrationAbout 24 graduates a year	$56,798	Not reported	$21,860	1st of 2

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$78,006
Construction Management$70,084
Business Administration$53,228
Accounting$50,867
Information Science$49,625

Lowest median debt

Information Science$13,773
Biology$20,000
Construction Management$21,764
Political Science$22,125
Finance$22,300

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 130 graduates a year
NursingAbout 98 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 91 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 54 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $78,006 in their first year, the most of 21 Minnesota State Moorhead 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