Which Oregon State major has the lowest debt?

Geology and Earth Science graduates leave with a median of $15,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 54 Oregon State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Oregon State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $14,400 a year, and $38,190 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,604 a year.

How many Oregon State programs report graduate pay?

56 bachelor's programs at Oregon State report first-year pay, and 54 of them also report federal debt.

Oregon State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Oregon State University
Public university
Corvallis, OR
30,743 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

56 Oregon State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($85,376), and Foods and Nutrition the least ($23,086). The median program pays $39,465.

In-state tuition and fees$14,400Per year. Out-of-state $38,190

Average net price after aid$19,604Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 56 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oregon. 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 Oregon
1	Computer ScienceAbout 877 graduates a year	$85,376	$109,905	$26,000	2nd of 5
2	Construction EngineeringAbout 65 graduates a year	$80,936	$106,199	$27,000	1st of 1
3	Industrial EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$78,425	$92,997	$25,437	1st of 1
4	Electrical EngineeringAbout 109 graduates a year	$77,636	$105,331	$24,167	3rd of 4
5	Manufacturing EngineeringAbout 62 graduates a year	$72,154	$92,078	$21,457	1st of 1
6	Chemical EngineeringAbout 84 graduates a year	$71,618	$95,971	$24,750	1st of 1
7	Other EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year	$71,549	$90,867	$31,000	1st of 1
8	Civil EngineeringAbout 85 graduates a year	$70,635	$89,866	$25,000	2nd of 4
9	Nuclear EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$69,657	$94,372	$27,000	1st of 1
10	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 263 graduates a year	$68,686	$94,649	$24,666	4th of 4
11	Environmental EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$68,223	$81,214	Not reported	1st of 1
12	Management Information SystemsAbout 43 graduates a year	$63,000	$77,803	$17,500	1st of 2
13	Agricultural EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$54,095	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 1
14	AccountingAbout 65 graduates a year	$53,694	$76,958	$22,000	6th of 6
15	FinanceAbout 104 graduates a year	$52,156	$81,470	$22,041	2nd of 3
16	Agricultural BusinessAbout 16 graduates a year	$52,031	$71,577	$17,666	1st of 1
17	Forest EngineeringAbout 56 graduates a year	$51,279	$78,198	$20,750	1st of 1
18	PhysicsAbout 33 graduates a year	$48,169	Not reported	$25,410	2nd of 2
19	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 55 graduates a year	$48,134	$96,618	$23,657	1st of 1
20	Business AdministrationAbout 419 graduates a year	$47,555	$69,262	$24,738	5th of 9
21	EconomicsAbout 88 graduates a year	$45,708	$76,531	$23,849	6th of 6
22	MathematicsAbout 63 graduates a year	$45,204	$63,194	$19,417	1st of 3
23	MarketingAbout 93 graduates a year	$45,015	$68,673	$20,500	3rd of 5
24	Food ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$43,923	$61,467	$20,945	1st of 1
25	ChemistryAbout 26 graduates a year	$41,779	$70,654	$25,500	1st of 2
26	CommunicationsAbout 34 graduates a year	$40,737	$56,798	$21,740	1st of 10
27	Public HealthAbout 112 graduates a year	$40,682	$60,183	$24,000	1st of 4
28	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 98 graduates a year	$39,479	$55,537	$23,267	1st of 6
29	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$39,450	$67,728	$15,000	1st of 2
30	Environmental Management and PolicyAbout 155 graduates a year	$39,422	$45,158	$34,429	1st of 1
31	SociologyAbout 61 graduates a year	$39,193	$52,350	$21,882	1st of 4
32	Political ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year	$39,157	$59,150	$24,260	1st of 6
33	AgricultureAbout 61 graduates a year	$39,145	$50,564	$26,000	1st of 1
34	Plant ScienceAbout 83 graduates a year	$38,397	$53,355	$25,096	1st of 1
35	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 42 graduates a year	$38,083	$52,570	$25,439	1st of 2
36	Family and Consumer Sciences BusinessAbout 22 graduates a year	$37,913	$64,739	$24,938	1st of 1
37	MicrobiologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$37,610	$70,583	$22,959	1st of 1
38	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 65 graduates a year	$35,614	$53,265	$23,419	1st of 5
39	Social SciencesAbout 15 graduates a year	$35,590	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 5
40	PsychologyAbout 328 graduates a year	$34,736	$49,486	$25,340	2nd of 14
41	HistoryAbout 61 graduates a year	$34,589	$51,945	$24,332	1st of 5
42	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 83 graduates a year	$34,566	Not reported	$23,138	2nd of 3
43	Romance LanguagesAbout 25 graduates a year	$34,510	Not reported	$28,758	2nd of 5
44	Parks and RecreationAbout 29 graduates a year	$34,451	$50,685	$22,500	1st of 2
45	Pre-Health StudiesAbout 141 graduates a year	$33,642	$103,024	$23,168	1st of 1
46	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 163 graduates a year	$33,543	$49,012	$26,000	2nd of 3
47	Fisheries ScienceAbout 98 graduates a year	$33,314	$49,281	$33,518	1st of 1
48	Animal ScienceAbout 84 graduates a year	$32,893	$54,287	$22,362	1st of 1
49	AnthropologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$32,573	$55,684	$27,799	2nd of 3
50	BiologyAbout 193 graduates a year	$30,982	$54,017	$22,846	7th of 14
51	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 68 graduates a year	$30,036	$52,443	$22,746	1st of 1
52	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 215 graduates a year	$29,860	$60,964	$24,201	6th of 8
53	MusicAbout 35 graduates a year	$29,630	Not reported	$19,184	1st of 2
54	EnglishAbout 25 graduates a year	$29,154	$44,804	$23,667	2nd of 6
55	ZoologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$27,491	$36,871	$25,500	1st of 1
56	Foods and NutritionGraduates a year not reported	$23,086	$61,562	$25,275	1st of 1

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$85,376
Construction Engineering$80,936
Industrial Engineering$78,425
Electrical Engineering$77,636
Manufacturing Engineering$72,154

Lowest median debt

Geology and Earth Science$15,000
Management Information Systems$17,500
Agricultural Business$17,666
Music$19,184
Mathematics$19,417

Largest programs

Computer ScienceAbout 877 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 419 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 328 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 263 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 215 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $85,376 in their first year, the most of 56 Oregon 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 Oregon 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