Which University of Northwestern-St Paul major has the lowest debt?

Other Interdisciplinary Studies graduates leave with a median of $18,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 University of Northwestern-St Paul bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Northwestern-St Paul cost?

Tuition and fees are $37,920 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $27,705 a year.

How many University of Northwestern-St Paul programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs at University of Northwestern-St Paul report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

University of Northwestern-St Paul Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Saint Paul, MN
1,442 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 University of Northwestern-St Paul bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,121), and Theatre the least ($19,541). The median program pays $40,261.

Tuition and fees$37,920Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$27,705Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate93%Of applicants

All 18 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	NursingAbout 54 graduates a year	$75,121	$74,515	$31,000	15th of 23
2	EngineeringAbout 12 graduates a year	$68,516	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
3	AccountingAbout 7 graduates a year	$62,603	Not reported	$25,874	7th of 23
4	Business AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year	$54,588	$85,776	$21,895	11th of 28
5	MarketingAbout 13 graduates a year	$51,013	$53,351	$19,056	6th of 17
6	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 8 graduates a year	$41,278	$54,276	Not reported	1st of 2
7	Bible StudiesAbout 167 graduates a year	$41,123	$41,448	$24,500	1st of 2
8	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 15 graduates a year	$40,361	$47,683	$24,013	1st of 1
9	CommunicationsAbout 8 graduates a year	$40,330	Not reported	$20,304	11th of 19
10	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 14 graduates a year	$40,191	$46,232	$27,000	15th of 15
11	Teacher EducationAbout 17 graduates a year	$39,621	$41,671	$25,250	19th of 24
12	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$37,966	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 11
13	PsychologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$37,758	$48,227	$24,749	8th of 23
14	Theology and MinistryAbout 20 graduates a year	$32,815	$44,510	$22,000	1st of 2
15	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 13 graduates a year	$31,828	Not reported	$18,000	7th of 7
16	BiologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$31,547	$68,797	$23,875	22nd of 25
17	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$30,176	$63,536	$23,562	14th of 14
18	TheatreAbout 11 graduates a year	$19,541	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5

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.

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.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$75,121
Engineering$68,516
Accounting$62,603
Business Administration$54,588
Marketing$51,013

Lowest median debt

Other Interdisciplinary Studies$18,000
Marketing$19,056
Communications$20,304
Business Administration$21,895
Theology and Ministry$22,000

Largest programs

Bible StudiesAbout 167 graduates a year
NursingAbout 54 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year
Theology and MinistryAbout 20 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 19 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,121 in their first year, the most of 18 University of Northwestern-St Paul 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