Which UW-Parkside major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $14,760 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 UW-Parkside bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UW-Parkside cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,270 a year, and $17,429 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,772 a year.

How many UW-Parkside programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at UW-Parkside report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

UW-Parkside Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Public university
Kenosha, WI
2,844 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 UW-Parkside bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($64,354), and Theatre the least ($25,306). The median program pays $37,107.

In-state tuition and fees$8,270Per year. Out-of-state $17,429

Average net price after aid$11,772Per year

Graduation rate40%Within 6 years

Admission rate75%Of applicants

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Wisconsin" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin
1	Computer ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$64,354	Not reported	$26,189	3rd of 5
2	Management Information SystemsAbout 9 graduates a year	$53,588	Not reported	$26,349	6th of 6
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$50,190	Not reported	$32,322	3rd of 8
4	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$47,648	$70,307	$14,760	19th of 19
5	BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$45,679	$66,590	$20,996	4th of 8
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 50 graduates a year	$42,342	$50,384	$20,745	2nd of 10
7	MarketingAbout 22 graduates a year	$40,916	$55,403	$20,900	12th of 13
8	CommunicationsAbout 29 graduates a year	$37,107	$43,676	$26,000	12th of 15
9	Design and Applied ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$36,920	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 9
10	BiologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$35,990	Not reported	$28,500	9th of 20
11	SociologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$35,710	$38,842	$26,250	7th of 9
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$30,655	$70,830	$25,349	9th of 13
13	PsychologyAbout 87 graduates a year	$29,952	Not reported	$24,375	21st of 22
14	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 4 graduates a year	$29,117	Not reported	$26,925	4th of 4
15	TheatreAbout 19 graduates a year	$25,306	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 6

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

Computer Science$64,354
Management Information Systems$53,588
Health and Medical Administration$50,190
Accounting$47,648
Business$45,679

Lowest median debt

Accounting$14,760
Criminal Justice$20,745
Marketing$20,900
Business$20,996
Psychology$24,375

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 87 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 50 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 33 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 29 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $64,354 in their first year, the most of 15 UW-Parkside 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 Wisconsin 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