Which TCU major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $17,778 in federal loans, the lowest among 23 TCU bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does TCU cost?

Tuition and fees are $61,740 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $36,660 a year.

How many TCU programs report graduate pay?

24 bachelor's programs at TCU report first-year pay, and 23 of them also report federal debt.

TCU Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Texas Christian University
Private nonprofit university
Fort Worth, TX
11,026 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

24 TCU bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Finance pays the most in the first year ($78,453), and Biology the least ($19,218). The median program pays $55,138.

Tuition and fees$61,740Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$36,660Per year

Graduation rate86%Within 6 years

Admission rate44%Of applicants

All 24 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	FinanceAbout 216 graduates a year	$78,453	$112,562	$19,500	3rd of 39
2	NursingAbout 169 graduates a year	$77,808	$91,050	$27,000	20th of 48
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$76,826	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 32
4	EngineeringAbout 51 graduates a year	$73,774	$103,407	$22,944	1st of 2
5	Computer Systems AnalysisAbout 59 graduates a year	$73,740	Not reported	$20,750	1st of 2
6	AccountingAbout 126 graduates a year	$72,031	$99,015	$17,778	1st of 39
7	Business AdministrationAbout 122 graduates a year	$71,984	$108,968	$25,000	1st of 63
8	MarketingAbout 143 graduates a year	$68,497	$95,158	$19,250	1st of 39
9	Real EstateAbout 85 graduates a year	$68,246	Not reported	$24,282	1st of 4
10	EntrepreneurshipAbout 65 graduates a year	$65,028	Not reported	$25,292	1st of 7
11	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 37 graduates a year	$57,665	$56,790	$26,500	2nd of 11
12	Teacher EducationAbout 51 graduates a year	$55,814	$47,588	$22,287	1st of 13
13	EconomicsAbout 121 graduates a year	$54,462	$83,781	$19,500	6th of 14
14	Political ScienceAbout 91 graduates a year	$50,627	$74,744	$25,000	3rd of 27
15	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 150 graduates a year	$48,053	$81,217	$24,148	2nd of 10
16	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 58 graduates a year	$42,712	$52,239	$19,500	2nd of 8
17	PsychologyAbout 117 graduates a year	$42,108	$57,357	$23,412	2nd of 52
18	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 40 graduates a year	$38,678	$53,297	$22,500	3rd of 14
19	Criminal JusticeAbout 71 graduates a year	$34,556	Not reported	$20,429	23rd of 39
20	Social WorkAbout 24 graduates a year	$33,819	$60,687	$24,000	20th of 24
21	CommunicationsAbout 119 graduates a year	$32,123	$73,722	$21,500	20th of 33
22	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year	$28,328	$54,366	$27,000	25th of 25
23	TheatreAbout 32 graduates a year	$21,221	$36,422	$27,000	12th of 15
24	BiologyAbout 83 graduates a year	$19,218	$63,409	$22,000	41st of 43

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.

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Finance$78,453
Nursing$77,808
Computer and Information Science$76,826
Engineering$73,774
Computer Systems Analysis$73,740

Lowest median debt

Accounting$17,778
Marketing$19,250
Finance$19,500
Economics$19,500
Specialized Sales and Merchandising$19,500

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 216 graduates a year
NursingAbout 169 graduates a year
Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 150 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 143 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 126 graduates a year

Common questions

Finance graduates earn a median of $78,453 in their first year, the most of 24 TCU 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