Which University of Chicago major has the lowest debt?

Mathematics and Clinical and Counseling Psychology graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 University of Chicago bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Chicago cost?

Tuition and fees are $70,662 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,860 a year.

How many University of Chicago programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at University of Chicago report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

University of Chicago Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Chicago, IL
7,569 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 University of Chicago bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($117,578), and Experimental Psychology the least ($31,986). The median program pays $51,319.

Tuition and fees$70,662Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$14,860Per year

Graduation rate96%Within 6 years

Admission rate4%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	Computer ScienceAbout 156 graduates a year	$117,578	$227,147	Not reported	2nd of 23
2	MathematicsAbout 181 graduates a year	$100,421	$146,679	$12,000	1st of 7
3	EconomicsAbout 622 graduates a year	$92,075	$157,181	$13,197	1st of 15
4	StatisticsAbout 48 graduates a year	$82,681	$147,558	Not reported	1st of 4
5	Public PolicyAbout 90 graduates a year	$60,057	$99,986	$17,492	1st of 3
6	Political ScienceAbout 111 graduates a year	$56,022	$88,531	$18,500	1st of 20
7	HistoryAbout 70 graduates a year	$46,616	$64,082	Not reported	2nd of 13
8	EnglishAbout 53 graduates a year	$44,397	$54,643	Not reported	1st of 18
9	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 26 graduates a year	$39,808	Not reported	$12,000	1st of 1
10	NeuroscienceAbout 59 graduates a year	$37,246	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
11	BiologyAbout 127 graduates a year	$35,275	$68,610	$13,500	8th of 27
12	Experimental PsychologyAbout 99 graduates a year	$31,986	$84,957	$17,500	2nd of 2

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$117,578
Mathematics$100,421
Economics$92,075
Statistics$82,681
Public Policy$60,057

Lowest median debt

Mathematics$12,000
Clinical and Counseling Psychology$12,000
Economics$13,197
Biology$13,500
Public Policy$17,492

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 622 graduates a year
MathematicsAbout 181 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 156 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 127 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 111 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $117,578 in their first year, the most of 12 University of Chicago 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 Illinois 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