Which Morningside University major has the lowest debt?

Food Processing graduates leave with a median of $26,969 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Morningside University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Morningside University cost?

Tuition and fees are $39,660 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $31,320 a year.

How many Morningside University programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Morningside University report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Morningside University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Sioux City, IA
1,163 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Morningside University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,397), and Biology the least ($32,620). The median program pays $47,058.

Tuition and fees$39,660Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$31,320Per year

Graduation rate50%Within 6 years

Admission rate71%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. 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 Iowa
1	NursingAbout 33 graduates a year	$68,397	$73,081	$28,000	7th of 16
2	AccountingAbout 6 graduates a year	$60,752	Not reported	Not reported	6th of 17
3	Food ProcessingAbout 14 graduates a year	$48,505	Not reported	$26,969	1st of 1
4	Teacher EducationAbout 20 graduates a year	$48,478	$47,428	$27,000	1st of 22
5	Business AdministrationAbout 59 graduates a year	$45,637	$61,287	$27,000	16th of 20
6	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 23 graduates a year	$45,552	$51,164	$28,000	3rd of 8
7	Other Social SciencesAbout 3 graduates a year	$35,188	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
8	BiologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$32,620	$69,868	$27,000	10th of 17

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa 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 Iowa 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$68,397
Accounting$60,752
Food Processing$48,505
Teacher Education$48,478
Business Administration$45,637

Lowest median debt

Food Processing$26,969
Teacher Education$27,000
Business Administration$27,000
Other Social Sciences$27,000
Biology$27,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 59 graduates a year
NursingAbout 33 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 30 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 23 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 20 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,397 in their first year, the most of 8 Morningside 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 Iowa 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