Which Pittsburg State major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $19,550 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Pittsburg State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Pittsburg State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,400 a year, and $19,744 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,784 a year.

How many Pittsburg State programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at Pittsburg State report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

Pittsburg State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Pittsburg State University
Public university
Pittsburg, KS
4,210 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 Pittsburg State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Quality Control and Safety Technology pays the most in the first year ($69,750), and Communications the least ($28,106). The median program pays $43,713.

In-state tuition and fees$8,400Per year. Out-of-state $19,744

Average net price after aid$15,784Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate89%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Kansas. 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 Kansas
1	Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 7 graduates a year	$69,750	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Construction ManagementAbout 73 graduates a year	$69,733	$90,793	$23,461	1st of 1
3	Other Engineering TechnologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$66,582	Not reported	$21,235	1st of 1
4	NursingAbout 122 graduates a year	$66,243	$75,413	$22,791	10th of 15
5	Industrial TechnologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$64,703	$82,387	$22,250	1st of 1
6	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$57,234	$78,159	$25,000	1st of 2
7	Computer Systems AnalysisAbout 15 graduates a year	$54,783	$62,233	$20,500	1st of 1
8	FinanceAbout 30 graduates a year	$50,450	$63,887	$21,875	4th of 7
9	BusinessAbout 48 graduates a year	$46,738	$54,241	$23,015	3rd of 4
10	MarketingAbout 44 graduates a year	$44,401	$58,292	$23,994	5th of 8
11	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year	$43,802	$49,676	$24,125	4th of 6
12	AccountingAbout 25 graduates a year	$43,624	$64,515	$22,250	9th of 10
13	Teacher EducationAbout 56 graduates a year	$41,572	$43,736	$22,727	14th of 15
14	Social WorkAbout 21 graduates a year	$38,288	$42,422	$27,000	4th of 6
15	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 44 graduates a year	$36,597	$47,881	$23,500	6th of 6
16	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$36,393	$45,590	$24,900	1st of 9
17	PsychologyAbout 71 graduates a year	$36,197	$43,281	$22,951	5th of 10
18	Parks and RecreationAbout 22 graduates a year	$35,587	Not reported	$19,661	1st of 1
19	BiologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$32,134	$62,312	$19,550	6th of 8
20	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 40 graduates a year	$30,270	$43,447	$25,500	1st of 1
21	Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 10 graduates a year	$28,782	$44,284	$25,000	1st of 1
22	CommunicationsAbout 29 graduates a year	$28,106	$50,332	$23,250	7th of 7

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

Quality Control and Safety Technology$69,750
Construction Management$69,733
Other Engineering Technology$66,582
Nursing$66,243
Industrial Technology$64,703

Lowest median debt

Biology$19,550
Parks and Recreation$19,661
Computer Systems Analysis$20,500
Other Engineering Technology$21,235
Finance$21,875

Largest programs

NursingAbout 122 graduates a year
Construction ManagementAbout 73 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 71 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 56 graduates a year

Common questions

Quality Control and Safety Technology graduates earn a median of $69,750 in their first year, the most of 22 Pittsburg 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 Kansas 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