Which Southwestern University major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $24,625 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Southwestern University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Southwestern University cost?

Tuition and fees are $53,813 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $29,224 a year.

How many Southwestern University programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Southwestern University report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Southwestern University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Georgetown, TX
1,440 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Southwestern University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Education pays the most in the first year ($50,984), and English the least ($25,060). The median program pays $34,233.

Tuition and fees$53,813Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$29,224Per year

Graduation rate73%Within 6 years

Admission rate43%Of applicants

All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	EducationAbout 21 graduates a year	$50,984	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 4
2	BusinessAbout 89 graduates a year	$47,056	$91,444	$25,475	9th of 22
3	Political ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$34,415	Not reported	$24,625	14th of 27
4	CommunicationsAbout 28 graduates a year	$34,050	$70,325	$26,000	14th of 33
5	PsychologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$30,373	Not reported	$26,000	31st of 52
6	EnglishAbout 12 graduates a year	$25,060	Not reported	Not reported	27th of 30

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Education$50,984
Business$47,056
Political Science$34,415
Communications$34,050
Psychology$30,373

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 89 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 43 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 28 graduates a year
EducationAbout 21 graduates a year

Common questions

Education graduates earn a median of $50,984 in their first year, the most of 6 Southwestern 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 Texas 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