Which University of Dayton major has the lowest debt?

Special Education graduates leave with a median of $20,612 in federal loans, the lowest among 27 University of Dayton bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Dayton cost?

Tuition and fees are $49,140 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $29,533 a year.

How many University of Dayton programs report graduate pay?

28 bachelor's programs at University of Dayton report first-year pay, and 27 of them also report federal debt.

University of Dayton Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Dayton, OH
7,682 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

28 University of Dayton bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Chemical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($79,865), and Pre-Health Studies the least ($20,263). The median program pays $52,129.

Tuition and fees$49,140Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$29,533Per year

Graduation rate80%Within 6 years

Admission rate65%Of applicants

All 28 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Chemical EngineeringAbout 62 graduates a year	$79,865	$99,917	$22,999	3rd of 10
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 80 graduates a year	$79,409	$100,879	$26,625	4th of 11
3	Computer ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$74,052	Not reported	$25,000	4th of 12
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 166 graduates a year	$71,911	$93,487	$24,250	6th of 14
5	Civil EngineeringAbout 60 graduates a year	$71,411	$90,774	$26,500	2nd of 10
6	Industrial TechnologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$70,559	Not reported	$26,405	1st of 3
7	Management Information SystemsAbout 35 graduates a year	$69,995	$89,258	$26,500	3rd of 8
8	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$66,055	$85,129	$27,000	1st of 5
9	AccountingAbout 61 graduates a year	$65,127	$88,053	$27,000	3rd of 30
10	FinanceAbout 171 graduates a year	$64,371	$86,861	$22,750	4th of 21
11	Business AdministrationAbout 24 graduates a year	$63,897	$96,146	$23,364	2nd of 40
12	Business EconomicsAbout 33 graduates a year	$55,871	$97,394	$24,548	5th of 6
13	EntrepreneurshipAbout 29 graduates a year	$55,864	$73,481	$25,813	1st of 3
14	MarketingAbout 155 graduates a year	$54,504	$79,547	$24,187	4th of 30
15	International BusinessAbout 20 graduates a year	$49,753	$90,570	$25,000	6th of 7
16	Special EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$45,260	$50,844	$20,612	1st of 15
17	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,609	$60,018	Not reported	4th of 15
18	CommunicationsAbout 123 graduates a year	$42,629	$71,532	$25,375	2nd of 19
19	Teacher EducationAbout 106 graduates a year	$38,492	$48,689	$25,483	10th of 31
20	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 1 graduates a year	$38,011	$69,228	$26,000	3rd of 26
21	EconomicsAbout 17 graduates a year	$34,671	$62,519	$22,791	13th of 13
22	International StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$32,994	$55,869	$24,199	2nd of 4
23	PsychologyAbout 97 graduates a year	$32,953	$57,080	$25,000	12th of 29
24	EnglishAbout 29 graduates a year	$30,063	$53,748	$24,398	4th of 18
25	BiologyAbout 80 graduates a year	$26,431	$64,526	$26,000	22nd of 28
26	Criminal JusticeAbout 43 graduates a year	$25,150	$63,215	$26,000	17th of 17
27	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 21 graduates a year	$23,609	Not reported	$23,000	1st of 1
28	Pre-Health StudiesAbout 69 graduates a year	$20,263	$71,240	$24,794	6th of 6

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Special Education$20,612
Finance$22,750
Economics$22,791
Chemical Engineering$22,999
Ecology and Evolution$23,000

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 171 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 166 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 155 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 123 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 106 graduates a year

Common questions

Chemical Engineering graduates earn a median of $79,865 in their first year, the most of 28 University of Dayton 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 Ohio 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