St. Mary's College of Maryland Economics (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Economics
- Public college
- St. Mary's City, MD
- About 37 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
St. Mary's College of Maryland economics graduates earn about what economics graduates earn nationally, $51,483 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,946 in federal loans, close to the national median of $22,717. Several Maryland programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Maryland and national columns are the medians across all economics bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, St. Mary's College of Maryland graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the Maryland median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Maryland economics program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Maryland medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 47% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $264 a month, or 6.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
76% of graduates (22 of 29) were working in Maryland one year after graduating. Prices in the Lexington Park area are about 1% above the national average, so a $51,483 salary here buys what about $51,095 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to economics, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$78,670Median pay in Maryland. 16,640 people work in this job in Maryland. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
$76,370Median pay in Maryland. 13,570 people work in this job in Maryland. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 82,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Data Scientists
$136,370Median pay in Maryland. 3,340 people work in this job in Maryland. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 35% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Social Science Research Assistants
$65,550Median pay in Maryland. 700 people work in this job in Maryland. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About St. Mary's College of Maryland
Economics ranks 2nd of 7 bachelor's programs at St. Mary's College of Maryland by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($72,926), Economics ($51,483), and Public Policy ($43,629).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $51,483 one year after graduating and $75,600 five years after. The median across economics bachelor's programs in Maryland is $51,483.
The median federal loan balance is $24,946, which ranks 5th lowest of 7 economics bachelor's programs in Maryland. That works out to about $264 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 48% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 43%. Compare the cost with other Maryland programs before deciding.
Most do. 76% (22 of 29) were working in Maryland one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 Maryland comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the economics program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024