Which Shawnee State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Biological and Physical Sciences graduates leave with a median of $19,229 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Shawnee State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Shawnee State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,626 a year, and $17,358 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,381 a year.

How many Shawnee State programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs and 4 associate's programs at Shawnee State report first-year pay, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Shawnee State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Shawnee State University
Public university
Portsmouth, OH
2,247 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Shawnee State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($67,126), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($19,261). The median program pays $37,020. Shawnee State also has 4 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$10,626Per year. Out-of-state $17,358

Average net price after aid$14,381Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 6 years

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	NursingAbout 24 graduates a year	$67,126	$78,591	$24,146	34th of 38
2	Industrial TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$57,682	$88,820	$24,500	3rd of 3
3	Other Engineering TechnologyGraduates a year not reported	$51,174	$77,244	$28,750	2nd of 2
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$50,391	$50,993	$22,250	9th of 12
5	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 54 graduates a year	$45,324	$44,610	$23,250	5th of 9
6	Management Information SystemsAbout 8 graduates a year	$42,673	Not reported	$27,375	8th of 8
7	Special EducationAbout 15 graduates a year	$37,020	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 15
8	Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$36,224	$43,163	$28,500	38th of 40
9	AccountingAbout 11 graduates a year	$35,827	$52,125	Not reported	30th of 30
10	Biological and Physical SciencesGraduates a year not reported	$31,151	Not reported	$19,229	1st of 1
11	PsychologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$27,681	$53,076	$20,500	24th of 29
12	Design and Applied ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$24,375	$30,713	$29,000	13th of 15
13	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 15 graduates a year	$19,261	$33,641	$28,750	14th of 17

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

All 4 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 29 graduates a year	$54,151	$54,865	$15,500	5th of 22
2	NursingAbout 41 graduates a year	$52,594	$71,577	$34,884	33rd of 33
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$38,644	$56,236	$18,000	10th of 12
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 44 graduates a year	$36,376	$45,228	$16,999	6th of 17

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

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$67,126
Industrial Technology$57,682
Other Engineering Technology$51,174
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$50,391
Health and Medical Administration$45,324

Lowest median debt

Biological and Physical Sciences$19,229
Psychology$20,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$22,250
Health and Medical Administration$23,250
Nursing$24,146

Largest programs

Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 54 graduates a year
NursingAbout 24 graduates a year
Industrial TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year
Special EducationAbout 15 graduates a year
Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 15 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $67,126 in their first year, the most of 13 Shawnee 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 Ohio 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