Which Purdue Northwest major has the lowest debt?

Behavioral Sciences graduates leave with a median of $16,012 in federal loans, the lowest among 24 Purdue Northwest bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Purdue Northwest cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,675 a year, and $16,094 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,079 a year.

How many Purdue Northwest programs report graduate pay?

27 bachelor's programs at Purdue Northwest report first-year pay, and 24 of them also report federal debt.

Purdue Northwest Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Purdue University Northwest
Public university
Hammond, IN
5,671 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

27 Purdue Northwest bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($79,917), and Software and Media Applications the least ($21,532). The median program pays $45,071.

In-state tuition and fees$8,675Per year. Out-of-state $16,094

Average net price after aid$6,079Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 6 years

Admission rate72%Of applicants

All 27 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Indiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Indiana. 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 Indiana
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 26 graduates a year	$79,917	$90,673	$26,471	4th of 9
2	NursingAbout 482 graduates a year	$77,691	$84,328	$24,552	2nd of 27
3	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$75,675	Not reported	$25,625	1st of 3
4	Civil EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$69,339	Not reported	$28,250	5th of 6
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 32 graduates a year	$68,632	$89,239	$25,250	5th of 9
6	Computer ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$68,485	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 13
7	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$68,284	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
8	Engineering-Related FieldsAbout 2 graduates a year	$66,798	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
9	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$65,059	$71,650	$25,000	5th of 5
10	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$61,699	Not reported	$18,700	5th of 9
11	FinanceAbout 32 graduates a year	$53,062	Not reported	$23,078	11th of 16
12	AccountingAbout 52 graduates a year	$49,993	$68,859	$25,099	16th of 18
13	Human ResourcesAbout 19 graduates a year	$47,640	Not reported	$26,486	3rd of 5
14	Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year	$45,071	$47,485	$27,000	11th of 26
15	Business AdministrationAbout 43 graduates a year	$44,971	$61,921	$28,000	17th of 28
16	MarketingAbout 37 graduates a year	$41,942	Not reported	$25,437	12th of 16
17	Hospitality ManagementAbout 18 graduates a year	$39,017	$45,525	$29,169	2nd of 6
18	SociologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$35,334	$40,654	$24,500	5th of 10
19	Health SciencesAbout 32 graduates a year	$33,944	Not reported	$26,500	4th of 6
20	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 28 graduates a year	$33,295	$45,332	$29,517	17th of 18
21	BiologyAbout 57 graduates a year	$33,155	$46,164	$24,750	13th of 17
22	EnglishAbout 17 graduates a year	$31,171	$44,324	$26,279	6th of 12
23	Behavioral SciencesAbout 10 graduates a year	$28,340	Not reported	$16,012	1st of 1
24	PsychologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$27,436	$44,737	$23,929	22nd of 24
25	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 6 graduates a year	$26,384	$37,197	$26,649	4th of 4
26	CommunicationsAbout 42 graduates a year	$25,541	$45,137	$28,000	17th of 17
27	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 14 graduates a year	$21,532	Not reported	$17,750	2nd of 2

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$79,917
Nursing$77,691
Electrical Engineering Technology$75,675
Civil Engineering$69,339
Mechanical Engineering$68,632

Lowest median debt

Behavioral Sciences$16,012
Software and Media Applications$17,750
Computer and Information Science$18,700
Finance$23,078
Psychology$23,929

Largest programs

NursingAbout 482 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 57 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 54 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 52 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $79,917 in their first year, the most of 27 Purdue Northwest 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 Indiana 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