Which Saint Joseph's University major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $20,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Saint Joseph's University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Saint Joseph's University cost?

Tuition and fees are $53,260 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $29,689 a year.

How many Saint Joseph's University programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at Saint Joseph's University report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

Saint Joseph's University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Private nonprofit university
Philadelphia, PA
4,948 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 Saint Joseph's University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($69,807), and English the least ($31,266). The median program pays $50,731.

Tuition and fees$53,260Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$29,689Per year

Graduation rate79%Within 6 years

Admission rate89%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	AccountingAbout 77 graduates a year	$69,807	$99,815	$24,903	6th of 41
2	InsuranceAbout 47 graduates a year	$66,523	$99,980	$23,016	1st of 2
3	FinanceAbout 110 graduates a year	$66,072	$102,452	$25,000	5th of 24
4	Management ScienceAbout 116 graduates a year	$65,627	$99,550	$26,237	6th of 10
5	Computer ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$62,647	Not reported	$27,000	11th of 18
6	Human ResourcesAbout 27 graduates a year	$58,528	$90,858	$23,970	2nd of 9
7	Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesAbout 146 graduates a year	$57,889	$100,306	Not reported	1st of 1
8	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 133 graduates a year	$56,794	$85,961	$26,500	1st of 5
9	International BusinessAbout 19 graduates a year	$55,473	$92,095	$27,000	4th of 7
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 10 graduates a year	$53,766	$70,905	$43,575	2nd of 11
11	MarketingAbout 124 graduates a year	$50,763	$74,039	$26,149	8th of 27
12	Special EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$50,698	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 16
13	Business AdministrationAbout 37 graduates a year	$49,742	$68,674	$22,375	27th of 65
14	Teacher EducationAbout 43 graduates a year	$45,296	$55,994	$27,000	13th of 40
15	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$44,442	$72,151	Not reported	2nd of 6
16	CriminologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$43,283	$74,682	$25,000	1st of 9
17	ChemistryAbout 7 graduates a year	$39,914	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 9
18	Political ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$38,894	$56,381	$20,000	14th of 29
19	CommunicationsAbout 36 graduates a year	$38,024	$64,999	$26,990	5th of 37
20	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 140 graduates a year	$36,819	$79,238	$26,576	2nd of 3
21	BiologyAbout 118 graduates a year	$33,767	$68,348	$26,228	30th of 50
22	EnglishAbout 22 graduates a year	$31,266	$67,199	$27,000	10th of 23

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

Accounting$69,807
Insurance$66,523
Finance$66,072
Management Science$65,627
Computer Science$62,647

Lowest median debt

Political Science$20,000
Business Administration$22,375
Insurance$23,016
Human Resources$23,970
Accounting$24,903

Largest programs

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesAbout 146 graduates a year
Other Health ProfessionsAbout 140 graduates a year
Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 133 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 124 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 118 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $69,807 in their first year, the most of 22 Saint Joseph's 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 Pennsylvania 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