Which Occidental College major has the lowest debt?

International Relations graduates leave with a median of $19,275 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Occidental College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Occidental College cost?

Tuition and fees are $66,274 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $38,263 a year.

How many Occidental College programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Occidental College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Occidental College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Los Angeles, CA
1,877 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Occidental College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($64,885), and English the least ($23,605). The median program pays $38,942.

Tuition and fees$66,274Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$38,263Per year

Graduation rate81%Within 6 years

Admission rate44%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. 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 California
1	EconomicsAbout 73 graduates a year	$64,885	$80,191	$25,590	8th of 35
2	Computer ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$63,845	Not reported	$22,067	23rd of 39
3	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 23 graduates a year	$49,529	$68,098	Not reported	1st of 24
4	Political ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$45,175	$57,825	$25,700	5th of 44
5	SociologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$42,653	$62,892	$21,250	3rd of 42
6	International RelationsAbout 50 graduates a year	$35,231	$84,200	$19,275	8th of 12
7	PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$31,002	$57,024	$19,764	22nd of 54
8	Film and PhotographyAbout 21 graduates a year	$30,526	Not reported	$20,804	4th of 25
9	BiologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$28,691	$67,384	$26,272	36th of 47
10	EnglishAbout 11 graduates a year	$23,605	Not reported	Not reported	26th of 35

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

Economics$64,885
Computer Science$63,845
Environmental Science and Conservation$49,529
Political Science$45,175
Sociology$42,653

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 73 graduates a year
International RelationsAbout 50 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 38 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $64,885 in their first year, the most of 10 Occidental 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 California 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