Which Saint Mary's College of California major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Saint Mary's College of California bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Saint Mary's College of California cost?

Tuition and fees are $57,803 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $30,378 a year.

How many Saint Mary's College of California programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Saint Mary's College of California report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Saint Mary's College of California Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Moraga, CA
1,947 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Saint Mary's College of California bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($66,628), and Psychology the least ($28,018). The median program pays $41,728.

Tuition and fees$57,803Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$30,378Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. 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 California
1	AccountingAbout 17 graduates a year	$66,628	$107,316	$25,000	11th of 23
2	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 47 graduates a year	$56,094	$63,470	$27,000	2nd of 34
3	BusinessAbout 102 graduates a year	$46,958	$95,040	$24,000	3rd of 6
4	Political ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$45,296	$67,807	$25,967	4th of 44
5	TheatreAbout 21 graduates a year	$38,160	Not reported	$27,304	1st of 23
6	CommunicationsAbout 23 graduates a year	$35,356	$69,855	$23,250	24th of 39
7	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$34,444	$63,474	$24,300	2nd of 31
8	PsychologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$28,018	$50,583	$26,998	41st of 54

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 102 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 47 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 28 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $66,628 in their first year, the most of 8 Saint Mary's College of California 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 California 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