Which Montclair State major has the lowest debt?

Journalism graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 37 Montclair State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Montclair State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $15,912 a year, and $26,022 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,566 a year.

How many Montclair State programs report graduate pay?

40 bachelor's programs at Montclair State report first-year pay, and 37 of them also report federal debt.

Montclair State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Montclair State University
Public university
Montclair, NJ
18,376 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

40 Montclair State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($104,219), and Theatre the least ($18,474). The median program pays $33,559.

In-state tuition and fees$15,912Per year. Out-of-state $26,022

Average net price after aid$15,566Per year

Graduation rate65%Within 6 years

Admission rate88%Of applicants

All 40 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New Jersey" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New Jersey. 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 New Jersey
1	NursingAbout 45 graduates a year	$104,219	Not reported	$27,031	1st of 19
2	AccountingAbout 95 graduates a year	$56,917	$89,450	$20,500	7th of 15
3	ChemistryAbout 14 graduates a year	$55,389	Not reported	$23,600	1st of 4
4	MathematicsAbout 29 graduates a year	$50,810	$60,997	$22,125	5th of 11
5	Romance LanguagesAbout 18 graduates a year	$47,487	Not reported	$25,250	1st of 6
6	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 146 graduates a year	$46,739	$89,204	$23,501	9th of 14
7	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 45 graduates a year	$46,343	$57,234	$27,000	5th of 6
8	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$43,985	Not reported	$25,000	3rd of 3
9	GeographyAbout 6 graduates a year	$42,638	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
10	Business AdministrationAbout 658 graduates a year	$42,336	$71,037	$22,457	13th of 22
11	Sustainability StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$41,445	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
12	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$41,068	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 5
13	PhysicsAbout 5 graduates a year	$39,740	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
14	EconomicsAbout 65 graduates a year	$39,375	Not reported	$25,000	6th of 8
15	BiologyAbout 130 graduates a year	$37,179	$63,209	$26,000	5th of 19
16	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$36,299	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 4
17	Foods and NutritionGraduates a year not reported	$35,808	$60,325	$25,963	1st of 1
18	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 177 graduates a year	$34,109	Not reported	$25,250	1st of 1
19	Public HealthAbout 68 graduates a year	$34,032	$56,721	$27,000	3rd of 3
20	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 147 graduates a year	$33,686	$60,449	$25,000	2nd of 3
21	PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$33,432	$53,923	$25,000	3rd of 19
22	Social WorkAbout 53 graduates a year	$33,095	$39,277	$25,000	5th of 6
23	SociologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$32,268	$48,455	$25,000	8th of 13
24	HistoryAbout 52 graduates a year	$31,607	$59,040	$25,500	9th of 11
25	EnglishAbout 99 graduates a year	$31,317	$49,803	$25,092	10th of 13
26	AnthropologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$31,018	Not reported	$25,723	3rd of 3
27	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 135 graduates a year	$29,907	$57,021	$26,949	3rd of 6
28	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 126 graduates a year	$29,633	$65,566	$25,425	2nd of 3
29	Film and PhotographyAbout 96 graduates a year	$28,474	$49,366	$27,000	2nd of 3
30	CommunicationsAbout 170 graduates a year	$28,062	$64,298	$24,713	10th of 15
31	MusicAbout 59 graduates a year	$27,977	$47,270	$27,000	3rd of 9
32	Other Legal StudiesAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,613	Not reported	$25,000	2nd of 2
33	Political ScienceAbout 76 graduates a year	$26,704	$58,252	$26,000	11th of 12
34	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 76 graduates a year	$26,027	$52,388	$26,000	7th of 8
35	JournalismAbout 27 graduates a year	$25,575	Not reported	$19,500	4th of 4
36	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 55 graduates a year	$23,754	$58,459	$27,000	2nd of 3
37	DanceAbout 33 graduates a year	$23,191	$27,863	$27,000	2nd of 2
38	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$22,201	$54,979	$25,967	12th of 12
39	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 59 graduates a year	$21,934	$43,683	$27,000	8th of 10
40	TheatreAbout 68 graduates a year	$18,474	$35,768	$25,022	3rd of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$104,219
Accounting$56,917
Chemistry$55,389
Mathematics$50,810
Romance Languages$47,487

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 658 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 177 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 170 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 147 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 146 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $104,219 in their first year, the most of 40 Montclair State 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 New Jersey 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