Which UMass Amherst major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $22,014 in federal loans, the lowest among 41 UMass Amherst bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UMass Amherst cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $17,772 a year, and $40,449 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,383 a year.

How many UMass Amherst programs report graduate pay?

45 bachelor's programs at UMass Amherst report first-year pay, and 41 of them also report federal debt.

UMass Amherst Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Public university
Amherst, MA
23,671 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

45 UMass Amherst bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($89,327), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($18,072). The median program pays $40,427.

In-state tuition and fees$17,772Per year. Out-of-state $40,449

Average net price after aid$22,383Per year

Graduation rate83%Within 6 years

Admission rate60%Of applicants

All 45 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 75 graduates a year	$89,327	$123,984	$27,000	3rd of 6
2	Computer ScienceAbout 498 graduates a year	$88,554	$132,046	$23,569	8th of 20
3	NursingAbout 148 graduates a year	$81,452	$89,364	$29,548	6th of 21
4	Electrical EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$79,414	$99,215	$27,000	11th of 11
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 153 graduates a year	$73,972	$94,995	$27,000	8th of 11
6	Chemical EngineeringAbout 61 graduates a year	$72,514	$96,939	$27,000	6th of 6
7	Industrial EngineeringAbout 20 graduates a year	$70,554	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 3
8	Civil EngineeringAbout 83 graduates a year	$69,757	$86,717	$27,000	5th of 8
9	FinanceAbout 343 graduates a year	$68,920	$98,716	$23,250	3rd of 11
10	AccountingAbout 135 graduates a year	$67,574	$99,495	$23,250	5th of 14
11	Architectural TechnologyAbout 118 graduates a year	$64,939	Not reported	$23,750	1st of 1
12	Business AdministrationAbout 317 graduates a year	$64,138	$91,248	$22,014	7th of 32
13	Food ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$59,547	$74,581	Not reported	1st of 1
14	MarketingAbout 204 graduates a year	$58,462	$71,263	$23,750	3rd of 13
15	EconomicsAbout 417 graduates a year	$52,309	$91,255	$26,000	14th of 21
16	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 265 graduates a year	$47,762	$57,091	$29,309	3rd of 8
17	MicrobiologyAbout 72 graduates a year	$47,331	$69,483	$27,000	1st of 1
18	Landscape ArchitectureAbout 17 graduates a year	$46,163	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
19	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 173 graduates a year	$44,324	$78,038	$25,916	5th of 7
20	Political ScienceAbout 188 graduates a year	$43,545	$68,047	$24,865	14th of 29
21	MathematicsAbout 297 graduates a year	$42,682	$84,846	$23,250	14th of 15
22	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 25 graduates a year	$42,482	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
23	BiologyAbout 371 graduates a year	$40,427	$68,103	$27,000	22nd of 32
24	Animal ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$40,008	$59,844	$27,000	1st of 1
25	Hospitality ManagementAbout 83 graduates a year	$39,266	$62,949	$24,385	2nd of 4
26	Public HealthAbout 266 graduates a year	$37,364	$66,020	$26,000	5th of 5
27	Plant ScienceAbout 38 graduates a year	$37,170	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
28	JournalismAbout 105 graduates a year	$37,091	$58,874	$25,447	4th of 5
29	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 157 graduates a year	$36,419	$70,648	$26,227	5th of 12
30	CommunicationsAbout 297 graduates a year	$36,380	$74,087	$25,125	10th of 20
31	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 90 graduates a year	$36,362	$54,887	$25,742	8th of 12
32	Legal StudiesAbout 112 graduates a year	$36,181	$67,417	$23,000	3rd of 4
33	Pre-Veterinary StudiesAbout 74 graduates a year	$34,600	$89,862	$24,388	1st of 1
34	PsychologyAbout 617 graduates a year	$32,223	$62,236	$26,000	29th of 32
35	Physiology and PathologyAbout 169 graduates a year	$31,915	$76,709	$27,000	2nd of 2
36	SociologyAbout 132 graduates a year	$31,686	$53,702	$25,000	18th of 20
37	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 71 graduates a year	$30,693	$59,695	$23,250	3rd of 4
38	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 158 graduates a year	$29,690	$57,260	$25,000	13th of 16
39	HistoryAbout 89 graduates a year	$26,805	$53,722	$22,750	17th of 20
40	Agricultural ProductionAbout 48 graduates a year	$25,439	$33,420	$23,250	1st of 1
41	Nutrition ScienceAbout 61 graduates a year	$24,746	Not reported	$23,791	1st of 1
42	EnglishAbout 121 graduates a year	$24,521	$56,872	$23,950	25th of 28
43	AnthropologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$24,120	$45,584	Not reported	5th of 6
44	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 48 graduates a year	$20,334	$47,529	Not reported	1st of 1
45	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 52 graduates a year	$18,072	$43,749	$27,000	14th of 16

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

Business Administration$22,014
History$22,750
Legal Studies$23,000
Finance$23,250
Accounting$23,250

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 617 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 498 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 417 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 371 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 343 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $89,327 in their first year, the most of 45 UMass Amherst 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 Massachusetts 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