Which Morehead State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $19,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 24 Morehead State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Morehead State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,024 a year, and $14,980 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,793 a year.

How many Morehead State programs report graduate pay?

27 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at Morehead State report first-year pay, and 26 of them also report federal debt.

Morehead State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Morehead State University
Public university
Morehead, KY
4,578 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

27 Morehead State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,523), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($17,301). The median program pays $35,300. Morehead State also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$10,024Per year. Out-of-state $14,980

Average net price after aid$9,793Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 27 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	NursingAbout 50 graduates a year	$70,523	$73,339	$29,000	10th of 19
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 28 graduates a year	$64,504	$71,986	$26,000	1st of 3
3	Engineering-Related FieldsAbout 2 graduates a year	$62,330	$56,225	$22,580	1st of 1
4	Engineering TechnologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$51,021	$75,498	$28,396	1st of 1
5	AccountingAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,607	$55,484	$27,440	9th of 11
6	FinanceAbout 7 graduates a year	$41,360	$53,768	Not reported	6th of 7
7	MarketingAbout 15 graduates a year	$38,636	$53,788	$25,900	7th of 7
8	BusinessAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,301	$52,725	$25,903	10th of 14
9	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$37,794	$39,987	Not reported	1st of 2
10	Special EducationAbout 32 graduates a year	$36,999	$40,027	$26,878	6th of 7
11	Management Information SystemsAbout 6 graduates a year	$36,766	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5
12	Teacher EducationAbout 60 graduates a year	$36,198	$37,421	$25,292	13th of 15
13	Business AdministrationAbout 35 graduates a year	$35,943	$56,811	$25,558	12th of 14
14	Social WorkAbout 50 graduates a year	$35,300	$40,435	$32,002	4th of 9
15	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 12 graduates a year	$35,150	Not reported	$29,225	5th of 7
16	AgricultureGraduates a year not reported	$34,670	$44,037	$25,000	2nd of 3
17	SociologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$34,511	$39,101	$25,000	2nd of 4
18	MusicAbout 24 graduates a year	$31,088	$35,822	$25,000	4th of 7
19	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$30,696	$50,745	$25,946	5th of 8
20	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year	$30,055	$39,857	$28,902	7th of 8
21	Legal StudiesAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,504	Not reported	$26,230	1st of 1
22	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,737	$41,264	$24,000	6th of 6
23	CommunicationsAbout 19 graduates a year	$26,803	$39,457	$24,857	10th of 11
24	PsychologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$25,789	$39,199	$23,420	13th of 14
25	MathematicsAbout 14 graduates a year	$24,257	$45,601	$24,218	2nd of 2
26	BiologyAbout 68 graduates a year	$22,572	$63,399	$19,250	12th of 12
27	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 10 graduates a year	$17,301	$29,739	$25,000	7th of 8

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

Both associate's programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kentucky
NursingAbout 49 graduates a year	$69,929	$67,669	$30,000	3rd of 26
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 27 graduates a year	$25,073	$34,308	$22,575	16th of 19

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kentucky ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,523
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$64,504
Engineering-Related Fields$62,330
Engineering Technology$51,021
Accounting$43,607

Lowest median debt

Biology$19,250
Engineering-Related Fields$22,580
Psychology$23,420
Public Relations and Advertising$24,000
Mathematics$24,218

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 68 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 60 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year
NursingAbout 50 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,523 in their first year, the most of 27 Morehead 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 Kentucky 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