Which Sacred Heart University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $20,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Sacred Heart University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Sacred Heart University cost?

Tuition and fees are $50,404 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $46,174 a year.

How many Sacred Heart University programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at Sacred Heart University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Sacred Heart University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Fairfield, CT
7,087 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Sacred Heart University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($90,830), and Political Science the least ($17,262). The median program pays $41,002. Sacred Heart University also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$50,404Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$46,174Per year

Graduation rate73%Within 6 years

Admission rate65%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Connecticut" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Connecticut. 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 Connecticut
1	NursingAbout 252 graduates a year	$90,830	$101,121	$27,000	3rd of 11
2	AccountingAbout 87 graduates a year	$60,375	$91,694	$27,000	4th of 10
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$58,214	$92,216	$26,908	6th of 7
4	FinanceAbout 130 graduates a year	$56,081	$93,394	$27,000	3rd of 9
5	Business AdministrationAbout 146 graduates a year	$42,051	$71,830	$25,000	9th of 12
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 49 graduates a year	$41,113	$62,086	$27,000	5th of 10
7	MarketingAbout 104 graduates a year	$40,891	$73,560	$26,434	6th of 7
8	BiologyAbout 71 graduates a year	$37,450	$79,093	$23,250	8th of 11
9	PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$29,166	$59,673	$26,000	14th of 16
10	CommunicationsAbout 75 graduates a year	$28,884	$72,884	$26,399	8th of 11
11	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 86 graduates a year	$28,134	$75,004	$26,000	4th of 4
12	Political ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$17,262	Not reported	$20,750	10th of 10

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

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Connecticut" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Connecticut.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Connecticut
NursingAbout 69 graduates a year	$84,899	$85,625	$31,400	1st of 3
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 23 graduates a year	$58,251	$67,635	$19,625	3rd of 3

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Political Science$20,750
Biology$23,250
Business Administration$25,000
Psychology$26,000
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$26,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 252 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 146 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 130 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 104 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 87 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $90,830 in their first year, the most of 12 Sacred Heart 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 Connecticut 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