Which Northeastern State major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $18,371 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Northeastern State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Northeastern State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,810 a year, and $17,290 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,710 a year.

How many Northeastern State programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at Northeastern State report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

Northeastern State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Northeastern State University
Public university
Tahlequah, OK
4,772 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 Northeastern State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($80,792), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($29,464). The median program pays $41,804.

In-state tuition and fees$7,810Per year. Out-of-state $17,290

Average net price after aid$12,710Per year

Graduation rate35%Within 6 years

Admission rate100%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oklahoma" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma
1	NursingAbout 74 graduates a year	$80,792	$99,835	$26,542	1st of 17
2	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$62,912	Not reported	$21,330	1st of 1
3	Management Information SystemsAbout 7 graduates a year	$51,298	$89,588	Not reported	4th of 5
4	AccountingAbout 74 graduates a year	$49,823	$63,470	$25,000	4th of 7
5	Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$49,321	$68,684	$21,189	2nd of 2
6	Special EducationAbout 9 graduates a year	$46,045	$49,771	Not reported	1st of 1
7	FinanceAbout 28 graduates a year	$45,998	$61,112	$22,500	5th of 5
8	Business AdministrationAbout 111 graduates a year	$43,690	$53,647	$23,056	11th of 19
9	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 30 graduates a year	$43,368	$59,214	$30,750	3rd of 3
10	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 39 graduates a year	$43,045	$49,966	$26,000	7th of 9
11	Teacher EducationAbout 88 graduates a year	$42,150	$44,719	$23,807	9th of 13
12	Public HealthAbout 12 graduates a year	$41,457	$53,150	$27,464	2nd of 3
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 55 graduates a year	$39,668	$51,366	$23,050	3rd of 7
14	MarketingAbout 31 graduates a year	$39,360	$41,549	$18,371	5th of 6
15	Social WorkAbout 32 graduates a year	$38,168	$50,193	$30,785	1st of 1
16	BiologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$36,536	$56,259	$21,701	2nd of 8
17	CommunicationsAbout 9 graduates a year	$34,703	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 6
18	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 47 graduates a year	$34,174	Not reported	$21,000	1st of 1
19	EnglishAbout 10 graduates a year	$33,266	$36,553	$24,250	2nd of 5
20	Experimental PsychologyAbout 133 graduates a year	$32,440	Not reported	$25,029	1st of 1
21	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 97 graduates a year	$31,794	$44,083	$30,582	10th of 11
22	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 56 graduates a year	$29,464	$49,171	$19,041	9th of 10

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

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$80,792
Medical Laboratory Science$62,912
Management Information Systems$51,298
Accounting$49,823
Quality Control and Safety Technology$49,321

Lowest median debt

Marketing$18,371
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$19,041
Cell Biology and Anatomy$21,000
Quality Control and Safety Technology$21,189
Medical Laboratory Science$21,330

Largest programs

Experimental PsychologyAbout 133 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 111 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 97 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 88 graduates a year
NursingAbout 74 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $80,792 in their first year, the most of 22 Northeastern 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 Oklahoma 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