Which Muhlenberg College major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $24,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Muhlenberg College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Muhlenberg College cost?

Tuition and fees are $62,805 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,905 a year.

How many Muhlenberg College programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Muhlenberg College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Muhlenberg College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Allentown, PA
1,727 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Muhlenberg College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($68,852), and English the least ($17,062). The median program pays $27,005.

Tuition and fees$62,805Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,905Per year

Graduation rate82%Within 6 years

Admission rate72%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	AccountingAbout 19 graduates a year	$68,852	$92,565	$27,000	7th of 41
2	FinanceAbout 39 graduates a year	$61,304	$113,440	$27,000	8th of 24
3	EconomicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$59,122	$86,366	$25,298	9th of 22
4	Business AdministrationAbout 64 graduates a year	$56,434	$80,998	$27,000	12th of 65
5	CommunicationsAbout 58 graduates a year	$29,950	$70,391	$24,250	28th of 37
6	NeuroscienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$29,250	$82,259	$27,000	4th of 6
7	BiologyAbout 41 graduates a year	$27,005	$84,008	$24,388	46th of 50
8	DanceAbout 27 graduates a year	$26,415	$55,505	$27,000	1st of 4
9	Political ScienceAbout 32 graduates a year	$25,058	$98,108	$26,950	29th of 29
10	PsychologyAbout 56 graduates a year	$24,828	$60,128	$26,312	46th of 48
11	Public HealthAbout 17 graduates a year	$20,900	Not reported	$26,038	10th of 10
12	TheatreAbout 106 graduates a year	$17,150	$37,505	$27,000	11th of 12
13	EnglishAbout 14 graduates a year	$17,062	$61,699	$27,000	23rd of 23

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Communications$24,250
Biology$24,388
Economics$25,298
Public Health$26,038
Psychology$26,312

Largest programs

TheatreAbout 106 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 64 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 58 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 56 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 41 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $68,852 in their first year, the most of 13 Muhlenberg College 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 Pennsylvania 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