Which Northwest Missouri State major has the lowest debt?

Agriculture graduates leave with a median of $18,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Northwest Missouri State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Northwest Missouri State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,611 a year, and $17,324 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,244 a year.

How many Northwest Missouri State programs report graduate pay?

23 bachelor's programs at Northwest Missouri State report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

Northwest Missouri State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Northwest Missouri State University
Public university
Maryville, MO
4,378 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

23 Northwest Missouri State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($65,444), and Health Sciences the least ($32,268). The median program pays $38,678.

In-state tuition and fees$10,611Per year. Out-of-state $17,324

Average net price after aid$16,244Per year

Graduation rate54%Within 6 years

Admission rate86%Of applicants

All 23 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Missouri. 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 Missouri
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$65,444	$87,195	$22,785	5th of 12
2	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 14 graduates a year	$51,790	$76,903	$23,250	1st of 2
3	MarketingAbout 47 graduates a year	$48,557	$63,487	$20,500	2nd of 10
4	Agricultural BusinessAbout 46 graduates a year	$48,302	$61,777	$19,250	2nd of 6
5	Plant ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$47,170	$59,315	$23,818	2nd of 4
6	Industrial TechnologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$46,647	$52,216	$19,145	2nd of 2
7	FinanceAbout 27 graduates a year	$45,810	$67,786	Not reported	8th of 9
8	Business AdministrationAbout 101 graduates a year	$43,672	$63,958	$19,000	10th of 25
9	Parks and RecreationAbout 29 graduates a year	$42,389	Not reported	$25,250	1st of 3
10	Homeland SecurityAbout 15 graduates a year	$42,266	$63,715	$25,125	1st of 1
11	ChemistryAbout 20 graduates a year	$39,478	Not reported	$24,884	4th of 4
12	AgricultureAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,678	$61,046	$18,250	2nd of 4
13	Special EducationAbout 16 graduates a year	$38,040	$39,045	$26,250	2nd of 6
14	BiologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$37,983	$54,616	$26,000	3rd of 21
15	Teacher EducationAbout 137 graduates a year	$37,066	$37,924	$26,000	4th of 20
16	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year	$37,057	$43,088	$26,221	4th of 11
17	Wildlife ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$36,758	$41,041	Not reported	1st of 3
18	Recreation ManagementGraduates a year not reported	$36,247	$42,169	$26,198	1st of 1
19	Experimental PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$35,556	$49,298	$25,540	3rd of 5
20	Animal ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$34,876	Not reported	$23,000	1st of 3
21	PsychologyAbout 59 graduates a year	$34,226	$43,773	$24,203	7th of 23
22	CommunicationsAbout 60 graduates a year	$34,195	$49,892	$26,000	5th of 11
23	Health SciencesAbout 48 graduates a year	$32,268	Not reported	$22,375	5th of 6

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$65,444
Software and Media Applications$51,790
Marketing$48,557
Agricultural Business$48,302
Plant Science$47,170

Lowest median debt

Agriculture$18,250
Business Administration$19,000
Industrial Technology$19,145
Agricultural Business$19,250
Marketing$20,500

Largest programs

Teacher EducationAbout 137 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 101 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 60 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 59 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $65,444 in their first year, the most of 23 Northwest Missouri 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 Missouri 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