Which Providence College major has the lowest debt?

English graduates leave with a median of $25,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Providence College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Providence College cost?

Tuition and fees are $63,550 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $48,523 a year.

How many Providence College programs report graduate pay?

16 bachelor's programs at Providence College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Providence College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Providence, RI
4,229 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Providence College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($69,364), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($31,117). The median program pays $49,772.

Tuition and fees$63,550Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$48,523Per year

Graduation rate86%Within 6 years

Admission rate51%Of applicants

All 16 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Rhode Island" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Rhode Island. 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 Rhode Island
1	EconomicsAbout 53 graduates a year	$69,364	$105,070	$26,000	2nd of 4
2	Computer ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$69,195	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
3	AccountingAbout 60 graduates a year	$69,044	$97,691	$27,000	1st of 6
4	FinanceAbout 177 graduates a year	$64,427	$100,232	$27,000	2nd of 7
5	MarketingAbout 134 graduates a year	$58,434	$91,768	$27,000	1st of 7
6	Business AdministrationAbout 115 graduates a year	$53,932	$81,311	$27,000	3rd of 8
7	MathematicsAbout 8 graduates a year	$50,697	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
8	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 62 graduates a year	$49,879	$83,457	$27,000	1st of 2
9	Special EducationAbout 40 graduates a year	$49,664	$60,307	$27,000	3rd of 3
10	Political ScienceAbout 69 graduates a year	$43,911	$78,163	$27,000	2nd of 6
11	HistoryAbout 28 graduates a year	$41,923	$71,039	$27,000	2nd of 4
12	EnglishAbout 24 graduates a year	$40,798	$57,791	$25,500	2nd of 4
13	BiologyAbout 117 graduates a year	$39,616	$88,809	$27,000	5th of 7
14	PsychologyAbout 112 graduates a year	$37,863	$69,424	$27,000	1st of 5
15	SociologyAbout 25 graduates a year	$35,983	$66,380	$27,000	3rd of 3
16	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 9 graduates a year	$31,117	$65,375	Not reported	2nd of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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$69,364
Computer Science$69,195
Accounting$69,044
Finance$64,427
Marketing$58,434

Lowest median debt

English$25,500
Economics$26,000
Accounting$27,000
Finance$27,000
Marketing$27,000

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 177 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 134 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 117 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 115 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 112 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $69,364 in their first year, the most of 16 Providence 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 Rhode Island 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