Which Saint Cloud State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Industrial Technology graduates leave with a median of $16,084 in federal loans, the lowest among 30 Saint Cloud State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Saint Cloud State cost?

Tuition and fees are $10,245 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,529 a year.

How many Saint Cloud State programs report graduate pay?

33 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at Saint Cloud State report first-year pay, and 31 of them also report federal debt.

Saint Cloud State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Saint Cloud State University
Public university
Saint Cloud, MN
5,088 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

33 Saint Cloud State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($77,792), and Ecology and Evolution the least ($24,862). The median program pays $44,166. Saint Cloud State also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$10,245Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$13,529Per year

Graduation rate40%Within 6 years

Admission rate95%Of applicants

All 33 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 25 graduates a year	$77,792	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
2	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$74,147	$67,441	$28,882	1st of 4
3	NursingAbout 88 graduates a year	$74,111	$82,809	$29,000	17th of 23
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 32 graduates a year	$70,179	$86,091	$27,090	2nd of 5
5	Electrical EngineeringAbout 16 graduates a year	$69,943	$99,535	$30,088	4th of 5
6	Industrial TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$69,616	$69,521	$16,084	1st of 2
7	Computer ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$63,287	$106,149	$27,360	10th of 13
8	BusinessAbout 34 graduates a year	$59,378	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
9	AccountingAbout 29 graduates a year	$58,497	$73,029	$27,175	12th of 23
10	Information TechnologyAbout 77 graduates a year	$56,987	$71,369	$25,250	3rd of 4
11	FinanceAbout 73 graduates a year	$52,502	$68,815	$24,250	7th of 15
12	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 3 graduates a year	$50,058	$60,360	$31,171	2nd of 3
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 46 graduates a year	$49,412	$56,967	$21,500	5th of 12
14	Business AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year	$47,473	$63,726	$22,562	23rd of 28
15	MarketingAbout 48 graduates a year	$47,453	$64,751	$23,450	14th of 17
16	Special EducationAbout 10 graduates a year	$46,662	$47,220	$28,250	4th of 5
17	BiologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$44,166	$77,085	$24,450	1st of 25
18	Social WorkAbout 43 graduates a year	$43,726	$55,566	$27,996	9th of 13
19	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 6 graduates a year	$43,555	$53,507	$26,000	2nd of 10
20	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 46 graduates a year	$43,279	$47,213	$30,795	13th of 15
21	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$42,406	$49,634	$24,948	1st of 2
22	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 106 graduates a year	$42,192	$49,852	$28,551	4th of 7
23	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 9 graduates a year	$42,002	$55,655	$26,752	2nd of 2
24	Teacher EducationAbout 57 graduates a year	$40,580	$45,546	$25,449	17th of 24
25	CommunicationsAbout 54 graduates a year	$40,279	$57,161	$25,000	12th of 19
26	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$34,627	Not reported	Not reported	6th of 11
27	PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year	$33,623	$50,554	$20,626	16th of 23
28	Public HealthAbout 15 graduates a year	$32,830	$48,320	$17,850	7th of 7
29	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 15 graduates a year	$30,051	$49,228	$31,000	3rd of 8
30	Political ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$28,991	$56,185	$22,908	13th of 15
31	EnglishAbout 20 graduates a year	$28,145	$38,235	$21,482	7th of 10
32	Film and PhotographyAbout 14 graduates a year	$26,332	$34,107	Not reported	2nd of 3
33	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 21 graduates a year	$24,862	$42,896	$26,500	3rd of 3

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

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
MarketingAbout 21 graduates a year	$51,100	$59,676	$23,350	1st of 1

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Computer Engineering$77,792
Medical Laboratory Science$74,147
Nursing$74,111
Mechanical Engineering$70,179
Electrical Engineering$69,943

Lowest median debt

Industrial Technology$16,084
Public Health$17,850
Psychology$20,626
English$21,482
Criminal Justice$21,500

Largest programs

Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 106 graduates a year
NursingAbout 88 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 77 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 73 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $77,792 in their first year, the most of 33 Saint Cloud 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 Minnesota 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