Which Southern Wesleyan University major has the lowest debt?

Religious Studies graduates leave with a median of $22,012 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Southern Wesleyan University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Southern Wesleyan University cost?

Tuition and fees are $29,800 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,464 a year.

How many Southern Wesleyan University programs report graduate pay?

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

Southern Wesleyan University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Central, SC
747 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Southern Wesleyan University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Business Administration pays the most in the first year ($52,070), and Other Recreation and Kinesiology the least ($25,785). The median program pays $35,877.

Tuition and fees$29,800Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$15,464Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 6 years

Admission rate100%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. 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 South Carolina
1	Business AdministrationAbout 57 graduates a year	$52,070	$59,748	$40,323	2nd of 27
2	Teacher EducationAbout 13 graduates a year	$42,006	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 18
3	CriminologyAbout 9 graduates a year	$40,834	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 3
4	BiologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$39,464	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 20
5	Human ServicesAbout 18 graduates a year	$32,290	$37,793	$41,027	2nd of 2
6	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$31,326	Not reported	$39,792	1st of 2
7	Religious StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$28,636	Not reported	$22,012	1st of 1
8	Other Recreation and KinesiologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$25,785	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Carolina 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 South Carolina programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Business Administration$52,070
Teacher Education$42,006
Criminology$40,834
Biology$39,464
Human Services$32,290

Lowest median debt

Religious Studies$22,012
Criminology$25,000
Teacher Education$27,000
Human Development and Family Studies$39,792
Business Administration$40,323

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 57 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year
Human ServicesAbout 18 graduates a year
Religious StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year
Other Recreation and KinesiologyAbout 14 graduates a year

Common questions

Business Administration graduates earn a median of $52,070 in their first year, the most of 8 Southern Wesleyan 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 South Carolina 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