Which Otterbein University major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $18,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Otterbein University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Otterbein University cost?

Tuition and fees are $35,548 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,237 a year.

How many Otterbein University programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Otterbein University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Otterbein University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Westerville, OH
2,157 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Otterbein University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,287), and Theatre the least ($12,546). The median program pays $31,851.

Tuition and fees$35,548Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$19,237Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate85%Of applicants

All 13 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	NursingAbout 47 graduates a year	$69,287	$74,143	$27,000	21st of 38
2	Systems EngineeringAbout 11 graduates a year	$63,243	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
3	FinanceAbout 14 graduates a year	$55,364	Not reported	$25,600	12th of 21
4	Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year	$44,689	$72,883	$26,247	26th of 40
5	Teacher EducationAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,651	$44,982	$26,000	8th of 31
6	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 22 graduates a year	$37,430	$63,902	$23,800	9th of 12
7	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$31,851	$55,035	$25,000	14th of 26
8	CommunicationsAbout 21 graduates a year	$31,207	$39,136	$18,500	14th of 19
9	Health SciencesAbout 27 graduates a year	$30,581	$75,602	$27,000	3rd of 3
10	PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$29,604	$47,615	$25,210	20th of 29
11	BiologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$24,341	$50,862	$26,000	24th of 28
12	Wildlife ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$19,801	Not reported	$25,850	1st of 1
13	TheatreAbout 22 graduates a year	$12,546	$37,633	$26,822	12th 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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,287
Systems Engineering$63,243
Finance$55,364
Business Administration$44,689
Teacher Education$38,651

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 47 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 38 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,287 in their first year, the most of 13 Otterbein 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 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