Which University of Minnesota-Duluth major has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $20,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 39 University of Minnesota-Duluth bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Minnesota-Duluth cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $14,610 a year, and $20,130 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,743 a year.

How many University of Minnesota-Duluth programs report graduate pay?

41 bachelor's programs at University of Minnesota-Duluth report first-year pay, and 39 of them also report federal debt.

University of Minnesota-Duluth Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Duluth, MN
7,336 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

41 University of Minnesota-Duluth bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Industrial Engineering pays the most in the first year ($77,781), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($25,660). The median program pays $43,014.

In-state tuition and fees$14,610Per year. Out-of-state $20,130

Average net price after aid$18,743Per year

Graduation rate65%Within 6 years

Admission rate89%Of applicants

All 41 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	Industrial EngineeringAbout 13 graduates a year	$77,781	Not reported	$24,185	1st of 2
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 47 graduates a year	$74,197	$89,756	$26,471	2nd of 5
3	Computer ScienceAbout 69 graduates a year	$73,224	$94,445	$23,375	5th of 13
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 126 graduates a year	$67,764	$91,075	$27,000	5th of 5
5	Chemical EngineeringAbout 43 graduates a year	$67,152	$90,849	$26,915	2nd of 2
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 63 graduates a year	$65,175	$80,494	$26,044	3rd of 3
7	StatisticsAbout 20 graduates a year	$56,435	$83,264	$22,797	2nd of 2
8	AccountingAbout 60 graduates a year	$56,146	$76,462	$26,621	16th of 23
9	MathematicsAbout 29 graduates a year	$55,482	$74,490	$23,975	4th of 5
10	MarketingAbout 102 graduates a year	$53,800	$74,486	$25,000	4th of 17
11	FinanceAbout 108 graduates a year	$51,953	$81,046	$23,750	9th of 15
12	Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$51,571	$65,463	$25,576	19th of 28
13	Computer NetworkingAbout 19 graduates a year	$51,291	$81,784	$26,125	2nd of 2
14	EconomicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$50,873	$68,688	$25,250	9th of 10
15	BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$48,738	Not reported	$23,250	3rd of 3
16	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$46,263	$75,500	$23,230	10th of 10
17	Other EducationAbout 60 graduates a year	$45,678	$48,016	$25,978	2nd of 2
18	ChemistryAbout 35 graduates a year	$44,674	$73,736	$22,500	3rd of 4
19	Cell Biology and AnatomyGraduates a year not reported	$44,501	$64,195	$25,304	1st of 2
20	Social WorkAbout 37 graduates a year	$43,198	Not reported	$23,111	12th of 13
21	Teacher EducationAbout 17 graduates a year	$43,014	$49,528	$20,000	9th of 24
22	CriminologyAbout 67 graduates a year	$42,562	$64,784	$23,887	1st of 4
23	HistoryAbout 25 graduates a year	$42,297	Not reported	$26,743	1st of 3
24	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 53 graduates a year	$41,952	$49,115	$28,000	14th of 15
25	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 11 graduates a year	$41,926	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
26	CommunicationsAbout 60 graduates a year	$39,706	$57,878	$24,182	15th of 19
27	Political ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,942	$63,212	$20,089	3rd of 15
28	PsychologyAbout 155 graduates a year	$38,543	$52,733	$24,225	4th of 23
29	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 11 graduates a year	$36,557	Not reported	$24,500	1st of 2
30	Public HealthAbout 29 graduates a year	$36,520	Not reported	$26,000	5th of 7
31	EnglishAbout 16 graduates a year	$35,118	$44,130	$24,191	1st of 10
32	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 31 graduates a year	$33,565	$58,406	$26,894	6th of 10
33	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$33,055	$64,905	$23,629	8th of 14
34	BiologyAbout 154 graduates a year	$31,891	$59,593	$24,684	19th of 25
35	MusicAbout 15 graduates a year	$31,780	Not reported	$24,427	1st of 3
36	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 47 graduates a year	$31,337	$43,529	$24,800	10th of 11
37	Romance LanguagesAbout 20 graduates a year	$31,174	$51,082	$24,657	6th of 6
38	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 51 graduates a year	$31,150	$71,742	$20,500	3rd of 3
39	JournalismAbout 7 graduates a year	$27,474	Not reported	$26,351	2nd of 2
40	TheatreAbout 15 graduates a year	$26,751	$35,394	$27,000	2nd of 5
41	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 17 graduates a year	$25,660	$38,380	Not reported	6th of 8

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Industrial Engineering$77,781
Electrical Engineering$74,197
Computer Science$73,224
Mechanical Engineering$67,764
Chemical Engineering$67,152

Lowest median debt

Teacher Education$20,000
Political Science$20,089
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$20,500
Chemistry$22,500
Statistics$22,797

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 155 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 154 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 126 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 108 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 102 graduates a year

Common questions

Industrial Engineering graduates earn a median of $77,781 in their first year, the most of 41 University of Minnesota-Duluth 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 Minnesota 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