Which UConn major has the lowest debt?

Anthropology graduates leave with a median of $18,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 58 UConn bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UConn cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $21,044 a year, and $43,712 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $25,097 a year.

How many UConn programs report graduate pay?

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

UConn Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Connecticut
Public university
Storrs, CT
19,835 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

58 UConn bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($84,969), and Theatre the least ($18,002). The median program pays $38,995.

In-state tuition and fees$21,044Per year. Out-of-state $43,712

Average net price after aid$25,097Per year

Graduation rate83%Within 6 years

Admission rate52%Of applicants

All 58 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Connecticut" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Connecticut. 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 Connecticut
1	NursingAbout 250 graduates a year	$84,969	$93,828	$27,000	9th of 11
2	Computer EngineeringAbout 77 graduates a year	$82,924	$108,654	$20,108	1st of 1
3	Computer ScienceAbout 138 graduates a year	$79,605	$128,072	$25,000	2nd of 2
4	Industrial EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$77,692	Not reported	$24,889	1st of 1
5	Electrical EngineeringAbout 76 graduates a year	$77,411	$99,424	$27,000	2nd of 2
6	Computer and Information ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$75,649	$122,606	$19,591	3rd of 7
7	Materials EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$75,607	$86,829	$27,000	1st of 1
8	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 172 graduates a year	$74,869	$93,562	$23,000	1st of 6
9	Management ScienceAbout 103 graduates a year	$71,600	$103,314	$23,250	1st of 2
10	AccountingAbout 94 graduates a year	$70,945	$94,820	$21,898	3rd of 10
11	Civil EngineeringAbout 84 graduates a year	$70,388	$90,694	$23,825	4th of 5
12	Chemical EngineeringAbout 62 graduates a year	$68,025	$92,965	$25,898	1st of 1
13	FinanceAbout 267 graduates a year	$67,009	$104,878	$20,399	1st of 9
14	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 75 graduates a year	$66,075	$94,444	$26,974	1st of 1
15	Environmental EngineeringAbout 20 graduates a year	$64,950	Not reported	$21,738	1st of 1
16	Applied MathematicsAbout 68 graduates a year	$61,741	Not reported	$26,157	1st of 1
17	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 15 graduates a year	$60,597	$61,582	$27,000	3rd of 4
18	Business AdministrationAbout 108 graduates a year	$57,842	$81,921	$21,399	4th of 12
19	StatisticsAbout 74 graduates a year	$55,279	$76,845	$20,150	1st of 1
20	MarketingAbout 104 graduates a year	$54,809	$88,892	$21,889	2nd of 7
21	MathematicsAbout 50 graduates a year	$53,284	$65,438	$23,750	2nd of 4
22	EconomicsAbout 390 graduates a year	$52,227	$80,530	$22,907	5th of 7
23	ChemistryAbout 40 graduates a year	$52,216	$72,122	$26,158	1st of 2
24	BusinessAbout 35 graduates a year	$50,489	$68,564	$19,078	1st of 2
25	Agricultural BusinessAbout 38 graduates a year	$45,435	$62,175	$23,000	1st of 1
26	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 143 graduates a year	$44,240	$57,793	$22,000	3rd of 8
27	CommunicationsAbout 254 graduates a year	$40,473	$68,876	$24,068	2nd of 11
28	Physiology and PathologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$39,712	$68,655	$25,125	1st of 1
29	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 21 graduates a year	$39,343	Not reported	$26,262	1st of 2
30	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 54 graduates a year	$38,647	$62,769	$23,307	3rd of 3
31	Agricultural ProductionAbout 18 graduates a year	$38,189	Not reported	$22,123	1st of 1
32	Animal ScienceAbout 80 graduates a year	$37,712	$60,947	$23,515	1st of 1
33	Political ScienceAbout 181 graduates a year	$37,009	$74,491	$22,375	6th of 10
34	ZoologyAbout 125 graduates a year	$35,618	$73,079	$23,750	1st of 1
35	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 148 graduates a year	$35,393	$85,476	$24,500	2nd of 2
36	Urban StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$34,074	$57,591	$23,000	1st of 1
37	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 69 graduates a year	$33,788	$68,439	$23,375	1st of 2
38	AnthropologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$33,758	$50,125	$18,500	1st of 1
39	PsychologyAbout 414 graduates a year	$33,521	$61,059	$23,500	7th of 16
40	Public PolicyAbout 23 graduates a year	$33,424	Not reported	$25,964	2nd of 2
41	BiologyAbout 161 graduates a year	$33,189	$71,208	$25,000	10th of 11
42	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 199 graduates a year	$32,919	$83,413	$22,500	1st of 1
43	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 42 graduates a year	$32,882	$48,118	$26,798	1st of 2
44	Romance LanguagesAbout 30 graduates a year	$32,795	$58,836	$24,377	1st of 1
45	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 53 graduates a year	$32,586	Not reported	$23,125	3rd of 6
46	PhysicsAbout 23 graduates a year	$32,341	Not reported	$26,324	1st of 1
47	SociologyAbout 68 graduates a year	$31,913	$60,962	$22,500	5th of 7
48	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 145 graduates a year	$31,642	$56,312	$23,059	2nd of 3
49	MusicAbout 39 graduates a year	$31,336	$46,374	$25,000	1st of 4
50	HistoryAbout 72 graduates a year	$27,581	$56,032	$22,470	5th of 6
51	Nutrition ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$27,575	$54,730	$27,000	1st of 1
52	EnglishAbout 97 graduates a year	$27,335	$56,658	$24,529	5th of 7
53	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 99 graduates a year	$26,899	$53,791	$22,692	2nd of 2
54	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 86 graduates a year	$25,777	$59,551	$25,000	6th of 6
55	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 40 graduates a year	$24,419	$54,934	$23,750	4th of 5
56	JournalismAbout 25 graduates a year	$24,026	$66,259	$23,250	4th of 4
57	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 70 graduates a year	$22,345	Not reported	$25,000	2nd of 2
58	TheatreAbout 24 graduates a year	$18,002	$29,845	$25,414	2nd of 2

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$84,969
Computer Engineering$82,924
Computer Science$79,605
Industrial Engineering$77,692
Electrical Engineering$77,411

Lowest median debt

Anthropology$18,500
Business$19,078
Computer and Information Science$19,591
Computer Engineering$20,108
Statistics$20,150

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 414 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 390 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 267 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 254 graduates a year
NursingAbout 250 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $84,969 in their first year, the most of 58 UConn 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 Connecticut 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