Which UCLA major has the lowest debt?

International Studies graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 48 UCLA bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UCLA cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $15,203 a year, and $49,403 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,548 a year.

How many UCLA programs report graduate pay?

48 bachelor's programs at UCLA report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

UCLA Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of California-Los Angeles
Public university
Los Angeles, CA
33,475 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

48 UCLA bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($136,099), and Ecology and Evolution the least ($18,728). The median program pays $34,257.

In-state tuition and fees$15,203Per year. Out-of-state $49,403

Average net price after aid$12,548Per year

Graduation rate93%Within 6 years

Admission rate9%Of applicants

All 48 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. 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 California
1	Computer and Information ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$136,099	$218,770	$15,248	1st of 18
2	NursingAbout 49 graduates a year	$94,611	$123,885	$20,800	31st of 35
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 128 graduates a year	$85,369	$127,528	$17,877	5th of 21
4	Business EconomicsGraduates a year not reported	$83,604	$118,000	$17,332	1st of 8
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 187 graduates a year	$79,016	$108,947	$17,000	7th of 26
6	Chemical EngineeringAbout 75 graduates a year	$76,680	$105,166	$18,205	3rd of 10
7	Civil EngineeringAbout 91 graduates a year	$75,510	$102,084	$19,444	7th of 20
8	Aerospace EngineeringAbout 63 graduates a year	$71,068	$97,069	$19,000	6th of 9
9	EconomicsAbout 830 graduates a year	$62,091	$100,784	$15,000	9th of 35
10	Applied MathematicsAbout 369 graduates a year	$61,188	$95,647	$14,400	3rd of 8
11	PhysicsAbout 74 graduates a year	$60,495	$80,500	$21,100	2nd of 11
12	StatisticsAbout 227 graduates a year	$59,718	$94,154	$17,005	2nd of 7
13	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 70 graduates a year	$57,874	$114,571	$15,000	12th of 15
14	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 57 graduates a year	$57,615	$85,813	$20,000	2nd of 27
15	Cognitive ScienceAbout 237 graduates a year	$53,962	$78,267	$13,000	3rd of 8
16	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 2 graduates a year	$46,154	$85,005	$15,000	2nd of 8
17	ChemistryAbout 64 graduates a year	$42,358	$69,376	$14,137	16th of 23
18	International StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year	$39,082	$77,658	$12,000	3rd of 9
19	MathematicsAbout 198 graduates a year	$38,449	$91,295	$14,920	12th of 23
20	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 264 graduates a year	$36,945	$64,799	$15,848	8th of 10
21	GeographyAbout 62 graduates a year	$36,776	$68,424	$13,969	6th of 13
22	MicrobiologyAbout 137 graduates a year	$36,403	$77,994	$14,000	13th of 13
23	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 187 graduates a year	$35,210	$76,967	$14,920	15th of 19
24	Political ScienceAbout 653 graduates a year	$34,392	$75,578	$15,000	25th of 44
25	SociologyAbout 669 graduates a year	$34,121	$64,677	$14,500	25th of 42
26	Human BiologyAbout 207 graduates a year	$33,628	$81,505	$12,500	2nd of 4
27	AnthropologyAbout 185 graduates a year	$32,300	$55,070	$15,000	2nd of 22
28	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 108 graduates a year	$31,944	$80,496	$18,000	17th of 24
29	PsychologyAbout 685 graduates a year	$30,614	$65,954	$14,500	27th of 54
30	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 125 graduates a year	$30,524	$72,162	$15,000	1st of 12
31	NeuroscienceAbout 171 graduates a year	$30,501	$79,689	$17,149	5th of 9
32	PhilosophyAbout 116 graduates a year	$30,182	$53,585	$15,000	5th of 15
33	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 189 graduates a year	$29,914	$61,195	$15,000	14th of 21
34	Film and PhotographyAbout 22 graduates a year	$29,696	$66,565	$19,000	5th of 25
35	BiologyAbout 359 graduates a year	$28,242	$75,609	$16,028	37th of 47
36	HistoryAbout 240 graduates a year	$28,116	$65,039	$14,277	16th of 30
37	EnglishAbout 221 graduates a year	$27,889	$59,794	$14,376	11th of 35
38	Experimental PsychologyAbout 412 graduates a year	$27,748	$78,384	$16,737	5th of 8
39	Romance LanguagesAbout 38 graduates a year	$26,966	$60,038	$14,752	16th of 23
40	East Asian LanguagesAbout 40 graduates a year	$23,980	$56,910	$13,900	2nd of 4
41	Area StudiesAbout 41 graduates a year	$23,819	$60,726	$17,746	6th of 8
42	Physiology and PathologyAbout 216 graduates a year	$23,151	$77,228	$17,049	6th of 6
43	LiteratureAbout 22 graduates a year	$22,704	$36,428	$13,093	1st of 1
44	MusicAbout 66 graduates a year	$22,125	$50,858	$23,119	11th of 24
45	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 158 graduates a year	$21,220	$46,122	$14,000	20th of 29
46	DanceAbout 24 graduates a year	$19,787	Not reported	$19,309	6th of 7
47	TheatreAbout 63 graduates a year	$19,673	$28,993	$16,970	15th of 23
48	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 47 graduates a year	$18,728	Not reported	$17,417	10th of 10

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

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$136,099
Nursing$94,611
Electrical Engineering$85,369
Business Economics$83,604
Mechanical Engineering$79,016

Lowest median debt

International Studies$12,000
Human Biology$12,500
Cognitive Science$13,000
Literature$13,093
East Asian Languages$13,900

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 830 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 685 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 669 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 653 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 412 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $136,099 in their first year, the most of 48 UCLA 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 California 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