Which Oberlin College major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Oberlin College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Oberlin College cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,366 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $38,645 a year.

How many Oberlin College programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Oberlin College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Oberlin College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Oberlin, OH
2,887 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Oberlin College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($61,713), and Theatre the least ($12,441). The median program pays $20,905.

Tuition and fees$67,366Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$38,645Per year

Graduation rate81%Within 6 years

Admission rate34%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	EconomicsAbout 58 graduates a year	$61,713	$93,318	$25,000	2nd of 13
2	NeuroscienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$34,593	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 4
3	Political ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$30,187	$65,609	$24,314	15th of 21
4	Film and PhotographyAbout 14 graduates a year	$23,519	Not reported	$25,500	3rd of 5
5	BiologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$22,684	Not reported	$23,250	26th of 28
6	Area StudiesAbout 35 graduates a year	$20,905	$46,571	$24,951	2nd of 2
7	EnglishAbout 24 graduates a year	$19,734	Not reported	$26,000	18th of 18
8	PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$18,193	$43,093	$26,000	29th of 29
9	MusicAbout 136 graduates a year	$17,141	$32,993	$26,200	9th of 10
10	Writing and RhetoricAbout 27 graduates a year	$15,501	Not reported	$26,487	5th of 5
11	TheatreAbout 18 graduates a year	$12,441	Not reported	Not reported	13th of 13

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$61,713
Neuroscience$34,593
Political Science$30,187
Film and Photography$23,519
Biology$22,684

Lowest median debt

Biology$23,250
Political Science$24,314
Area Studies$24,951
Economics$25,000
Film and Photography$25,500

Largest programs

MusicAbout 136 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 58 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 58 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 53 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $61,713 in their first year, the most of 11 Oberlin 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 Ohio 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