Which Rust College major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $25,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Rust College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Rust College cost?

Tuition and fees are $13,265 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,587 a year.

How many Rust College programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs at Rust College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Rust College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Holly Springs, MS
467 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Rust College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Biology pays the most in the first year ($26,947), and Journalism the least ($24,977). The median program pays $25,814.

Tuition and fees$13,265Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$12,587Per year

Graduation rate12%Within 6 years

Admission rate49%Of applicants

All 3 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$26,947	$32,893	$25,500	2nd of 9
2	Teacher EducationAbout 6 graduates a year	$25,814	$31,428	$31,000	10th of 10
3	JournalismAbout 14 graduates a year	$24,977	$35,380	$31,000	3rd of 3

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

Common questions

Biology graduates earn a median of $26,947 in their first year, the most of 3 Rust 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 Mississippi 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