Which University of Illinois Springfield major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $22,116 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 University of Illinois Springfield bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Illinois Springfield cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $12,252 a year, and $22,017 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,833 a year.

How many University of Illinois Springfield programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at University of Illinois Springfield report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

University of Illinois Springfield Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Springfield, IL
2,263 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 University of Illinois Springfield bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($72,657), and Psychology the least ($31,978). The median program pays $39,358.

In-state tuition and fees$12,252Per year. Out-of-state $22,017

Average net price after aid$9,833Per year

Graduation rate53%Within 6 years

Admission rate86%Of applicants

All 11 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 87 graduates a year	$72,657	$96,556	$30,301	12th of 23
2	Teacher EducationAbout 28 graduates a year	$44,458	Not reported	Not reported	17th of 38
3	Business AdministrationAbout 105 graduates a year	$44,236	$62,873	$25,000	27th of 38
4	AccountingAbout 22 graduates a year	$43,081	$69,159	$24,117	28th of 28
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 24 graduates a year	$41,064	$53,930	$22,418	8th of 22
6	EnglishAbout 24 graduates a year	$39,358	$41,513	$32,574	3rd of 18
7	Social WorkAbout 21 graduates a year	$38,707	$48,393	$24,810	6th of 13
8	BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$33,882	$58,168	$22,116	11th of 27
9	HistoryAbout 20 graduates a year	$33,297	$46,558	$23,892	6th of 13
10	CommunicationsAbout 39 graduates a year	$32,050	$48,076	$24,322	21st of 26
11	PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year	$31,978	$49,082	$23,500	19th of 35

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$72,657
Teacher Education$44,458
Business Administration$44,236
Accounting$43,081
Criminal Justice$41,064

Lowest median debt

Biology$22,116
Criminal Justice$22,418
Psychology$23,500
History$23,892
Accounting$24,117

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 105 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 87 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 39 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $72,657 in their first year, the most of 11 University of Illinois Springfield 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