Which Shenandoah University major has the lowest debt?

Physiology and Pathology graduates leave with a median of $20,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Shenandoah University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Shenandoah University cost?

Tuition and fees are $36,950 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $30,298 a year.

How many Shenandoah University programs report graduate pay?

9 bachelor's programs at Shenandoah University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Shenandoah University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Winchester, VA
2,116 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Shenandoah University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($81,678), and Theatre the least ($17,818). The median program pays $40,980.

Tuition and fees$36,950Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$30,298Per year

Graduation rate67%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Virginia. 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 Virginia
1	NursingAbout 114 graduates a year	$81,678	$88,220	$29,749	1st of 20
2	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$51,601	$50,178	$27,000	1st of 8
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 21 graduates a year	$46,816	$58,666	$25,810	2nd of 15
4	Business AdministrationAbout 63 graduates a year	$45,499	$58,791	$27,000	17th of 28
5	BiologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$40,980	$64,660	$23,250	3rd of 25
6	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$37,676	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 14
7	PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$34,531	$56,584	$26,000	8th of 26
8	Physiology and PathologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$24,058	$59,291	$20,750	1st of 1
9	TheatreAbout 49 graduates a year	$17,818	$29,435	$27,000	6th of 6

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Physiology and Pathology$20,750
Biology$23,250
Criminal Justice$25,810
Psychology$26,000
Subject-Area Teacher Education$27,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 114 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 63 graduates a year
TheatreAbout 49 graduates a year
Physiology and PathologyAbout 43 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 39 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $81,678 in their first year, the most of 9 Shenandoah 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 Virginia 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