Which UIC major has the lowest debt?

Information Science graduates leave with a median of $14,538 in federal loans, the lowest among 44 UIC bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UIC cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $14,338 a year, and $29,884 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,974 a year.

How many UIC programs report graduate pay?

46 bachelor's programs at UIC report first-year pay, and 44 of them also report federal debt.

UIC Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Illinois Chicago
Public university
Chicago, IL
22,170 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

46 UIC bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($78,040), and Theatre the least ($14,938). The median program pays $38,032.

In-state tuition and fees$14,338Per year. Out-of-state $29,884

Average net price after aid$10,974Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 46 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 337 graduates a year	$78,040	$116,325	$19,087	7th of 23
2	NursingAbout 270 graduates a year	$75,045	$85,957	$20,500	12th of 32
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 86 graduates a year	$72,926	$100,600	$23,500	5th of 7
4	Computer EngineeringAbout 57 graduates a year	$71,148	$80,522	$22,000	4th of 5
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 168 graduates a year	$69,871	$88,275	$21,500	4th of 8
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 89 graduates a year	$69,310	$83,670	$24,382	4th of 6
7	Business AdministrationAbout 87 graduates a year	$65,781	Not reported	$20,832	2nd of 38
8	AccountingAbout 167 graduates a year	$65,680	$77,917	$18,750	6th of 28
9	Teacher EducationAbout 104 graduates a year	$60,917	$58,580	$16,750	1st of 38
10	Information ScienceAbout 121 graduates a year	$58,651	$79,273	$14,538	3rd of 4
11	Chemical EngineeringAbout 51 graduates a year	$58,377	$90,756	$23,875	4th of 4
12	Industrial EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$57,281	$88,853	$22,247	6th of 6
13	FinanceAbout 302 graduates a year	$55,591	$77,460	$17,625	7th of 21
14	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 77 graduates a year	$55,011	$86,517	$22,500	3rd of 5
15	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 75 graduates a year	$47,292	$59,699	$17,125	4th of 21
16	Management ScienceAbout 122 graduates a year	$45,665	$65,417	$17,750	11th of 13
17	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 33 graduates a year	$44,526	$66,158	$20,000	6th of 10
18	Mathematics and Computer ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$44,143	$91,459	$19,750	2nd of 2
19	MarketingAbout 206 graduates a year	$42,782	$66,987	$18,750	14th of 22
20	Public HealthAbout 44 graduates a year	$41,585	Not reported	$22,987	2nd of 6
21	CommunicationsAbout 100 graduates a year	$38,912	$63,943	$20,750	7th of 26
22	Political ScienceAbout 82 graduates a year	$38,363	$57,896	$21,761	4th of 20
23	StatisticsAbout 32 graduates a year	$38,296	Not reported	$22,945	4th of 4
24	EconomicsAbout 85 graduates a year	$37,767	$75,992	$19,002	13th of 15
25	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$37,280	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
26	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 60 graduates a year	$36,743	Not reported	$17,500	2nd of 5
27	Public PolicyAbout 27 graduates a year	$35,205	Not reported	$17,000	3rd of 3
28	Criminal JusticeAbout 215 graduates a year	$34,551	$58,587	$15,875	21st of 22
29	SociologyAbout 70 graduates a year	$34,435	$52,284	$19,315	9th of 16
30	DieteticsAbout 41 graduates a year	$34,422	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
31	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 57 graduates a year	$34,377	$50,710	$25,750	4th of 10
32	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 79 graduates a year	$34,308	$65,840	$15,000	3rd of 3
33	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 53 graduates a year	$33,530	Not reported	$16,666	2nd of 2
34	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$33,366	$45,248	$19,448	2nd of 4
35	EnglishAbout 70 graduates a year	$31,066	$50,974	$18,750	13th of 18
36	AnthropologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$30,648	$43,747	$24,348	2nd of 7
37	PsychologyAbout 375 graduates a year	$30,565	$54,233	$17,500	27th of 35
38	Sustainability StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$30,548	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
39	Health SciencesAbout 174 graduates a year	$29,735	Not reported	$21,500	5th of 5
40	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 145 graduates a year	$28,874	$62,018	$16,750	15th of 19
41	BiologyAbout 465 graduates a year	$28,768	$66,924	$18,000	24th of 27
42	ArchitectureAbout 86 graduates a year	$27,525	$61,866	$23,840	4th of 4
43	HistoryAbout 35 graduates a year	$26,474	$53,943	$19,500	12th of 13
44	NeuroscienceAbout 95 graduates a year	$26,074	$65,663	$17,562	6th of 6
45	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 38 graduates a year	$21,954	$41,311	$26,000	14th of 15
46	TheatreAbout 26 graduates a year	$14,938	$33,133	$21,238	14th of 14

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.

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

Lowest median debt

Information Science$14,538
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$15,000
Criminal Justice$15,875
Rehabilitation and Therapy$16,666
Teacher Education$16,750

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 465 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 375 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 337 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 302 graduates a year
NursingAbout 270 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $78,040 in their first year, the most of 46 UIC 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