Which Oglethorpe University major has the lowest debt?

Accounting and Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $26,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Oglethorpe University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Oglethorpe University cost?

Tuition and fees are $47,590 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,509 a year.

How many Oglethorpe University programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Oglethorpe University report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Oglethorpe University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Atlanta, GA
1,352 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Oglethorpe University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($56,121), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($22,866). The median program pays $29,876.

Tuition and fees$47,590Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$19,509Per year

Graduation rate54%Within 6 years

Admission rate88%Of applicants

All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Georgia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Georgia. 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 Georgia
1	AccountingAbout 11 graduates a year	$56,121	$81,747	$26,000	3rd of 15
2	Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$40,771	$61,472	$26,000	23rd of 36
3	Writing and RhetoricGraduates a year not reported	$32,415	$51,839	$28,000	1st of 4
4	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$27,337	Not reported	$27,000	14th of 26
5	PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$25,170	$56,487	$27,000	24th of 28
6	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 16 graduates a year	$22,866	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 12

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Accounting$56,121
Business Administration$40,771
Writing and Rhetoric$32,415
Biology$27,337
Psychology$25,170

Lowest median debt

Accounting$26,000
Business Administration$26,000
Biology$27,000
Psychology$27,000
Writing and Rhetoric$28,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year
Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 16 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 11 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $56,121 in their first year, the most of 6 Oglethorpe 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 Georgia 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