Which Samford University major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $18,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Samford University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Samford University cost?

Tuition and fees are $40,150 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $32,622 a year.

How many Samford University programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Samford University report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Samford University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Birmingham, AL
4,206 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Samford University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,226), and Journalism the least ($30,311). The median program pays $44,644.

Tuition and fees$40,150Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$32,622Per year

Graduation rate77%Within 6 years

Admission rate82%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Alabama" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Alabama. 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 Alabama
1	NursingAbout 105 graduates a year	$64,226	$71,186	$25,750	10th of 12
2	FinanceAbout 53 graduates a year	$53,059	$85,275	$19,000	4th of 9
3	MarketingAbout 65 graduates a year	$47,565	Not reported	$18,000	2nd of 9
4	Teacher EducationAbout 41 graduates a year	$44,644	$47,284	$24,250	1st of 13
5	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 33 graduates a year	$41,323	Not reported	$25,000	3rd of 3
6	CommunicationsAbout 19 graduates a year	$39,690	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 10
7	JournalismAbout 33 graduates a year	$30,311	$49,222	$18,120	3rd of 3

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$64,226
Finance$53,059
Marketing$47,565
Teacher Education$44,644
Design and Applied Arts$41,323

Lowest median debt

Marketing$18,000
Journalism$18,120
Finance$19,000
Teacher Education$24,250
Design and Applied Arts$25,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 105 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 65 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 53 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 41 graduates a year
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,226 in their first year, the most of 7 Samford 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 Alabama 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