Which Sewanee major has the lowest debt?

Psychology graduates leave with a median of $17,148 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Sewanee bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Sewanee cost?

Tuition and fees are $56,120 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $27,872 a year.

How many Sewanee programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Sewanee report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Sewanee Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

The University of the South
Private nonprofit university
Sewanee, TN
1,607 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Sewanee bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($58,532), and Biology the least ($23,932). The median program pays $35,204.

Tuition and fees$56,120Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$27,872Per year

Graduation rate80%Within 6 years

Admission rate57%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee
1	EconomicsAbout 45 graduates a year	$58,532	$77,878	$24,798	2nd of 4
2	International StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$42,390	$65,486	$19,500	1st of 2
3	PsychologyAbout 46 graduates a year	$35,379	$57,410	$17,148	4th of 21
4	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 16 graduates a year	$35,204	$65,685	Not reported	1st of 2
5	Political ScienceAbout 38 graduates a year	$31,831	$66,908	$24,267	8th of 11
6	EnglishGraduates a year not reported	$31,218	$43,008	$21,175	4th of 10
7	BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$23,932	Not reported	$25,000	12th of 13

Program names link to the program's own page, and Tennessee 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 Tennessee programs in the field do too.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$58,532
International Studies$42,390
Psychology$35,379
Environmental Science and Conservation$35,204
Political Science$31,831

Lowest median debt

Psychology$17,148
International Studies$19,500
English$21,175
Political Science$24,267
Economics$24,798

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 46 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 45 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 38 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year
International StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $58,532 in their first year, the most of 7 Sewanee 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 Tennessee 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