Which UMass Dartmouth major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $24,947 in federal loans, the lowest among 24 UMass Dartmouth bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UMass Dartmouth cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $15,612 a year, and $32,567 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,927 a year.

How many UMass Dartmouth programs report graduate pay?

25 bachelor's programs at UMass Dartmouth report first-year pay, and 24 of them also report federal debt.

UMass Dartmouth Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Public university
North Dartmouth, MA
5,221 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

25 UMass Dartmouth bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($79,857), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($23,214). The median program pays $46,382.

In-state tuition and fees$15,612Per year. Out-of-state $32,567

Average net price after aid$20,927Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 6 years

Admission rate91%Of applicants

All 25 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	Electrical EngineeringAbout 25 graduates a year	$79,857	$94,580	$27,500	9th of 11
2	Computer EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$79,383	Not reported	$30,000	6th of 6
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 37 graduates a year	$77,970	$97,833	$27,000	4th of 10
4	NursingAbout 152 graduates a year	$75,659	$86,771	$27,000	19th of 21
5	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$74,097	$76,305	$29,898	2nd of 3
6	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 44 graduates a year	$71,559	$90,396	$27,000	10th of 11
7	Civil EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year	$63,158	$72,965	$27,000	8th of 8
8	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$60,237	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 6
9	BusinessAbout 29 graduates a year	$59,287	Not reported	$24,973	2nd of 8
10	FinanceAbout 54 graduates a year	$54,166	$69,363	$26,674	8th of 11
11	Management Information SystemsAbout 34 graduates a year	$53,873	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
12	AccountingAbout 66 graduates a year	$48,585	$73,735	$25,275	13th of 14
13	Business AdministrationAbout 84 graduates a year	$46,382	$55,612	$26,000	23rd of 32
14	MarketingAbout 52 graduates a year	$42,782	$67,546	$27,000	9th of 13
15	BiologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$41,204	$66,578	$26,614	20th of 32
16	CriminologyAbout 64 graduates a year	$37,535	$65,646	$27,000	5th of 6
17	Political ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$36,718	Not reported	$24,947	22nd of 29
18	PsychologyAbout 64 graduates a year	$36,382	$49,231	$27,000	18th of 32
19	Sociology and AnthropologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$34,388	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
20	Film and PhotographyAbout 9 graduates a year	$31,886	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 6
21	EnglishAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,661	$53,507	$28,500	19th of 28
22	HistoryAbout 19 graduates a year	$30,581	$59,458	$25,000	13th of 20
23	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 57 graduates a year	$29,660	$49,179	$27,000	9th of 14
24	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 26 graduates a year	$25,753	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 4
25	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 12 graduates a year	$23,214	Not reported	$27,000	9th 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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$79,857
Computer Engineering$79,383
Computer and Information Science$77,970
Nursing$75,659
Medical Laboratory Science$74,097

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 152 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 84 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 66 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 64 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 64 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $79,857 in their first year, the most of 25 UMass Dartmouth 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