Which UPenn bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

International Relations graduates leave with a median of $10,470 in federal loans, the lowest among 23 UPenn bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UPenn cost?

Tuition and fees are $68,686 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,699 a year.

How many UPenn programs report graduate pay?

25 bachelor's programs and 2 certificate programs at UPenn report first-year pay, and 24 of them also report federal debt.

UPenn Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Pennsylvania
Private nonprofit university
Philadelphia, PA
10,650 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

25 UPenn bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($146,204), and Biology the least ($31,055). The median program pays $73,053. UPenn also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$68,686Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,699Per year

Graduation rate97%Within 6 years

Admission rate5%Of applicants

All 25 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 177 graduates a year	$146,204	$298,016	$15,000	1st of 28
2	StatisticsAbout 67 graduates a year	$129,732	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 4
3	Computer ScienceAbout 83 graduates a year	$124,678	$171,166	$13,500	2nd of 18
4	FinanceAbout 62 graduates a year	$122,698	$242,357	$12,865	1st of 24
5	Management ScienceAbout 200 graduates a year	$104,502	Not reported	$15,750	1st of 10
6	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 44 graduates a year	$93,310	$121,488	$15,593	1st of 7
7	Business AdministrationAbout 93 graduates a year	$91,443	$116,666	$20,348	2nd of 65
8	EconomicsAbout 238 graduates a year	$89,097	$152,236	$14,000	1st of 22
9	Cognitive ScienceAbout 80 graduates a year	$84,314	$109,527	$18,660	1st of 1
10	MarketingAbout 56 graduates a year	$82,553	$124,208	$17,412	1st of 27
11	Chemical EngineeringAbout 36 graduates a year	$81,721	$154,695	$20,500	3rd of 9
12	NursingAbout 183 graduates a year	$80,943	$114,013	$24,945	15th of 42
13	PhilosophyAbout 180 graduates a year	$73,053	Not reported	$18,500	1st of 6
14	PhysicsAbout 55 graduates a year	$68,215	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
15	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 53 graduates a year	$66,876	$116,366	$12,455	10th of 14
16	International RelationsAbout 46 graduates a year	$65,559	$92,024	$10,470	2nd of 7
17	Political ScienceAbout 112 graduates a year	$65,473	$111,976	$14,722	1st of 29
18	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 63 graduates a year	$58,269	$91,201	$14,000	1st of 5
19	CommunicationsAbout 62 graduates a year	$53,022	$87,743	$15,637	1st of 37
20	HistoryAbout 54 graduates a year	$48,555	$87,454	$11,000	1st of 19
21	Experimental PsychologyAbout 73 graduates a year	$44,542	Not reported	$18,125	1st of 5
22	EnglishAbout 47 graduates a year	$40,967	$59,903	$19,500	1st of 23
23	NeuroscienceAbout 103 graduates a year	$39,880	$94,630	$12,000	1st of 6
24	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 22 graduates a year	$38,820	$50,835	$23,359	1st of 17
25	BiologyAbout 171 graduates a year	$31,055	$78,245	$14,047	41st of 50

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

Both certificate programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Advanced DentistryGraduates a year not reported	$220,594	$224,402	Not reported	1st of 1
NursingGraduates a year not reported	$160,797	$163,262	$19,875	1st of 13

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$146,204
Statistics$129,732
Computer Science$124,678
Finance$122,698
Management Science$104,502

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 238 graduates a year
Management ScienceAbout 200 graduates a year
NursingAbout 183 graduates a year
PhilosophyAbout 180 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 177 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $146,204 in their first year, the most of 25 UPenn 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 Pennsylvania 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