Which Ole Miss major has the lowest debt?

Other Health Professions graduates leave with a median of $12,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 40 Ole Miss bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Ole Miss cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,772 a year, and $28,600 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,314 a year.

How many Ole Miss programs report graduate pay?

42 bachelor's programs at Ole Miss report first-year pay, and 40 of them also report federal debt.

Ole Miss Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Mississippi
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21,473 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

42 Ole Miss bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Chemical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($76,685), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($18,337). The median program pays $39,725.

In-state tuition and fees$9,772Per year. Out-of-state $28,600

Average net price after aid$13,314Per year

Graduation rate72%Within 6 years

Admission rate97%Of applicants

All 42 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	Chemical EngineeringAbout 15 graduates a year	$76,685	Not reported	$22,750	2nd of 2
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year	$74,931	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 65 graduates a year	$70,038	$85,311	$24,629	2nd of 2
4	NursingAbout 282 graduates a year	$69,353	$79,095	$21,450	7th of 8
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 52 graduates a year	$66,082	Not reported	$21,250	1st of 2
6	Management Information SystemsAbout 19 graduates a year	$63,107	$62,329	$22,400	1st of 2
7	AccountingAbout 219 graduates a year	$59,123	$82,084	$23,150	1st of 6
8	Geological EngineeringAbout 6 graduates a year	$59,070	Not reported	$23,970	1st of 1
9	Civil EngineeringAbout 25 graduates a year	$58,112	$83,228	$27,500	2nd of 3
10	InsuranceAbout 37 graduates a year	$55,154	Not reported	$22,500	1st of 1
11	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$54,947	$59,113	Not reported	1st of 1
12	FinanceAbout 192 graduates a year	$52,550	$69,335	$24,487	1st of 4
13	Other Health ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$52,439	$77,882	$12,500	1st of 1
14	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$51,838	$60,013	$22,875	1st of 1
15	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 33 graduates a year	$50,045	$60,754	$15,000	1st of 2
16	Real EstateAbout 45 graduates a year	$49,283	Not reported	$23,000	1st of 1
17	Business AdministrationAbout 104 graduates a year	$44,971	$60,297	$21,900	2nd of 11
18	MarketingAbout 202 graduates a year	$43,811	$63,970	$22,500	1st of 4
19	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 293 graduates a year	$41,247	$60,816	$21,521	1st of 1
20	Public PolicyAbout 56 graduates a year	$40,259	$66,986	$21,000	1st of 1
21	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 43 graduates a year	$39,985	$39,929	$21,000	3rd of 7
22	BusinessAbout 178 graduates a year	$39,464	Not reported	$21,500	1st of 2
23	Legal StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$38,387	Not reported	$25,750	1st of 1
24	MusicAbout 17 graduates a year	$38,029	Not reported	$17,250	1st of 1
25	Teacher EducationAbout 147 graduates a year	$37,838	$38,389	$20,470	6th of 10
26	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 75 graduates a year	$37,174	$46,381	$25,450	3rd of 6
27	JournalismAbout 37 graduates a year	$35,389	$61,775	$24,225	1st of 3
28	Recreation ManagementAbout 36 graduates a year	$35,318	Not reported	$22,213	1st of 1
29	ChemistryAbout 33 graduates a year	$35,132	Not reported	$26,219	1st of 1
30	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 146 graduates a year	$34,607	Not reported	$24,525	2nd of 2
31	Hospitality ManagementAbout 29 graduates a year	$34,282	$61,488	$25,000	1st of 1
32	Political ScienceAbout 89 graduates a year	$33,373	$58,688	$25,432	1st of 2
33	Criminal JusticeAbout 110 graduates a year	$31,875	$50,710	$22,171	4th of 6
34	Social WorkAbout 79 graduates a year	$31,190	$41,925	$21,986	1st of 4
35	PsychologyAbout 174 graduates a year	$30,336	$49,596	$24,600	1st of 10
36	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 49 graduates a year	$24,972	Not reported	$18,000	2nd of 2
37	EnglishAbout 34 graduates a year	$24,389	$37,297	$19,537	2nd of 2
38	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 103 graduates a year	$24,300	$54,924	$26,000	1st of 2
39	DieteticsAbout 42 graduates a year	$22,275	Not reported	$22,500	1st of 1
40	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 108 graduates a year	$22,239	$51,752	$23,034	6th of 6
41	BiologyAbout 130 graduates a year	$21,325	$65,624	$21,500	5th of 9
42	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 15 graduates a year	$18,337	$38,996	$26,225	1st of 1

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

Chemical Engineering$76,685
Electrical Engineering$74,931
Mechanical Engineering$70,038
Nursing$69,353
Computer and Information Science$66,082

Lowest median debt

Other Health Professions$12,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$15,000
Music$17,250
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$18,000
English$19,537

Largest programs

Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 293 graduates a year
NursingAbout 282 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 219 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 202 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 192 graduates a year

Common questions

Chemical Engineering graduates earn a median of $76,685 in their first year, the most of 42 Ole Miss 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 Mississippi 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