Which Northwood University major has the lowest debt?

Public Relations and Advertising graduates leave with a median of $20,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Northwood University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Northwood University cost?

Tuition and fees are $34,400 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $27,232 a year.

How many Northwood University programs report graduate pay?

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

Northwood University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Midland, MI
1,974 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Northwood University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Specialized Sales and Merchandising pays the most in the first year ($64,100), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($28,569). The median program pays $48,580.

Tuition and fees$34,400Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$27,232Per year

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

Admission rate65%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 35 graduates a year	$64,100	$79,201	$27,000	1st of 5
2	FinanceAbout 57 graduates a year	$56,940	$82,036	$23,250	8th of 16
3	Management ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$54,298	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 6
4	Business AdministrationAbout 302 graduates a year	$51,943	$63,352	$26,593	10th of 29
5	AccountingAbout 65 graduates a year	$45,217	$71,455	$23,850	23rd of 24
6	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 1 graduates a year	$41,857	$61,166	$20,250	2nd of 11
7	MarketingAbout 57 graduates a year	$40,297	$57,494	$25,169	17th of 18
8	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$28,569	$57,234	$25,237	9th of 18

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

Specialized Sales and Merchandising$64,100
Finance$56,940
Management Science$54,298
Business Administration$51,943
Accounting$45,217

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 302 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 65 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 57 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 57 graduates a year
Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Specialized Sales and Merchandising graduates earn a median of $64,100 in their first year, the most of 8 Northwood 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 Michigan 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