Which University of Puget Sound major has the lowest debt?

History graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 University of Puget Sound bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of Puget Sound cost?

Tuition and fees are $62,898 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $38,394 a year.

How many University of Puget Sound programs report graduate pay?

27 bachelor's programs at University of Puget Sound report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

University of Puget Sound Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Tacoma, WA
1,594 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

27 University of Puget Sound bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($66,055), and International Studies the least ($16,037). The median program pays $25,623.

Tuition and fees$62,898Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$38,394Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate72%Of applicants

All 27 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Washington" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Washington. 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 Washington
1	Computer ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$66,055	$101,929	$25,000	7th of 9
2	Business AdministrationAbout 68 graduates a year	$49,106	$82,150	$26,442	8th of 18
3	EconomicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$48,153	$69,224	$26,031	4th of 11
4	MathematicsAbout 10 graduates a year	$37,610	$81,474	$22,000	4th of 5
5	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 16 graduates a year	$35,822	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
6	Political ScienceAbout 46 graduates a year	$31,290	$57,451	$22,801	9th of 12
7	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$30,191	$57,877	$24,654	10th of 12
8	HistoryAbout 24 graduates a year	$29,909	Not reported	$20,500	4th of 6
9	CommunicationsAbout 24 graduates a year	$29,477	Not reported	$27,000	11th of 11
10	EnglishAbout 13 graduates a year	$29,291	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 9
11	Area StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$29,232	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 3
12	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$28,469	$48,354	$26,345	2nd of 6
13	International RelationsAbout 16 graduates a year	$28,176	$65,403	$25,798	1st of 1
14	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 12 graduates a year	$25,623	Not reported	$21,215	2nd of 2
15	PsychologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$25,596	$55,554	$27,000	14th of 14
16	MusicAbout 11 graduates a year	$25,551	$36,824	$27,000	2nd of 6
17	Romance LanguagesAbout 20 graduates a year	$25,035	$64,370	$27,000	6th of 7
18	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 26 graduates a year	$23,437	Not reported	$24,623	6th of 6
19	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$22,260	$78,034	$21,646	7th of 7
20	Writing and RhetoricAbout 8 graduates a year	$22,251	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 5
21	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$22,192	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
22	Germanic LanguagesAbout 4 graduates a year	$20,916	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
23	Religious StudiesAbout 14 graduates a year	$20,357	$47,387	Not reported	3rd of 3
24	EducationGraduates a year not reported	$20,039	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
25	Sociology and AnthropologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$19,495	Not reported	$24,924	1st of 1
26	TheatreAbout 8 graduates a year	$16,310	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5
27	International StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$16,037	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

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

Computer Science$66,055
Business Administration$49,106
Economics$48,153
Mathematics$37,610
Cell Biology and Anatomy$35,822

Lowest median debt

History$20,500
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies$21,215
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$21,646
Mathematics$22,000
Political Science$22,801

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 68 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 46 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 43 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 26 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $66,055 in their first year, the most of 27 University of Puget Sound 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 Washington 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