Which St Catherine University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Biology and American Sign Language graduates leave with a median of $27,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 St Catherine University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does St Catherine University cost?

Tuition and fees are $51,454 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,764 a year.

How many St Catherine University programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at St Catherine University report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

St Catherine University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Saint Paul, MN
2,473 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 St Catherine University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($76,084), and American Sign Language the least ($28,787). The median program pays $43,332. St Catherine University also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$51,454Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$19,764Per year

Graduation rate61%Within 6 years

Admission rate92%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	NursingAbout 163 graduates a year	$76,084	$90,472	$32,610	8th of 23
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 52 graduates a year	$72,272	$83,784	$31,000	1st of 2
3	EconomicsAbout 15 graduates a year	$64,916	Not reported	$30,215	2nd of 10
4	Business AdministrationAbout 33 graduates a year	$54,419	$59,516	$35,410	12th of 28
5	CommunicationsAbout 11 graduates a year	$44,606	$55,753	$30,750	6th of 19
6	Social WorkAbout 39 graduates a year	$44,257	$62,568	$30,912	8th of 13
7	Public HealthAbout 49 graduates a year	$42,407	$59,427	$29,815	3rd of 7
8	BiologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$40,937	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 25
9	Teacher EducationAbout 27 graduates a year	$32,946	$44,865	Not reported	23rd of 24
10	PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$32,426	$50,986	$29,532	19th of 23
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 4 graduates a year	$31,547	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 11
12	American Sign LanguageAbout 10 graduates a year	$28,787	$51,418	$27,000	1st of 1

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

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Minnesota.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 28 graduates a year	$57,845	$66,870	$31,500	7th of 12
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 125 graduates a year	$40,149	$45,958	$30,500	3rd of 8

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

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$76,084
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$72,272
Economics$64,916
Business Administration$54,419
Communications$44,606

Lowest median debt

Biology$27,000
American Sign Language$27,000
Psychology$29,532
Public Health$29,815
Economics$30,215

Largest programs

NursingAbout 163 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 52 graduates a year
Public HealthAbout 49 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 39 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $76,084 in their first year, the most of 12 St Catherine 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 Minnesota 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