Which University of San Francisco major has the lowest debt?

History graduates leave with a median of $21,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 22 University of San Francisco bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of San Francisco cost?

Tuition and fees are $60,492 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $41,431 a year.

How many University of San Francisco programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at University of San Francisco report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

University of San Francisco Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
San Francisco, CA
5,287 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 University of San Francisco bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($101,731), and History the least ($19,222). The median program pays $38,975.

Tuition and fees$60,492Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$41,431Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate62%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. 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 California
1	NursingAbout 227 graduates a year	$101,731	$149,741	$27,000	19th of 35
2	Computer ScienceAbout 69 graduates a year	$89,915	$149,331	$22,792	12th of 39
3	AccountingAbout 25 graduates a year	$72,588	$101,040	$24,660	4th of 23
4	FinanceAbout 92 graduates a year	$64,972	$107,184	$24,347	4th of 12
5	EconomicsAbout 23 graduates a year	$58,046	$87,378	$21,500	11th of 35
6	International BusinessAbout 20 graduates a year	$57,780	$92,956	$25,000	2nd of 8
7	Business AdministrationAbout 75 graduates a year	$50,729	$104,526	$24,602	26th of 57
8	MarketingAbout 80 graduates a year	$44,891	$91,873	$21,500	7th of 13
9	EntrepreneurshipAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,146	$75,474	$22,812	1st of 2
10	Political ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$40,056	$69,079	$23,000	11th of 44
11	CommunicationsAbout 70 graduates a year	$39,000	$66,922	$23,250	17th of 39
12	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 34 graduates a year	$38,949	$67,402	$23,125	7th of 24
13	BiologyAbout 86 graduates a year	$38,423	$71,657	$23,250	5th of 47
14	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 25 graduates a year	$37,856	$89,358	$23,250	7th of 10
15	ArchitectureAbout 23 graduates a year	$37,556	$76,078	$27,000	5th of 5
16	PsychologyAbout 120 graduates a year	$36,734	$63,533	$24,315	8th of 54
17	International RelationsAbout 37 graduates a year	$36,669	$53,544	$24,508	6th of 12
18	SociologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$36,183	$60,747	$25,000	16th of 42
19	EnglishAbout 24 graduates a year	$35,468	$73,223	$26,000	3rd of 35
20	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 23 graduates a year	$32,070	$65,023	$26,500	14th of 27
21	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$26,496	$70,495	$24,905	19th of 31
22	HistoryAbout 12 graduates a year	$19,222	$63,345	$21,250	30th of 30

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$101,731
Computer Science$89,915
Accounting$72,588
Finance$64,972
Economics$58,046

Lowest median debt

History$21,250
Economics$21,500
Marketing$21,500
Computer Science$22,792
Entrepreneurship$22,812

Largest programs

NursingAbout 227 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 120 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 92 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 86 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 80 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $101,731 in their first year, the most of 22 University of San Francisco 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 California 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