Which UW-River Falls major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $21,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 UW-River Falls bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UW-River Falls cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,008 a year, and $17,470 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,054 a year.

How many UW-River Falls programs report graduate pay?

20 bachelor's programs at UW-River Falls report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

UW-River Falls Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Public university
River Falls, WI
4,205 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

20 UW-River Falls bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Physics pays the most in the first year ($62,196), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($28,801). The median program pays $42,753.

In-state tuition and fees$9,008Per year. Out-of-state $17,470

Average net price after aid$14,054Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate82%Of applicants

All 20 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	PhysicsAbout 9 graduates a year	$62,196	Not reported	$30,000	1st of 3
2	Agricultural EngineeringAbout 2 graduates a year	$57,627	$66,809	$23,000	2nd of 2
3	AccountingAbout 24 graduates a year	$56,825	$78,142	$21,000	11th of 19
4	Agricultural BusinessAbout 42 graduates a year	$53,911	$51,617	$21,445	2nd of 3
5	Computer Systems AnalysisGraduates a year not reported	$52,507	$85,427	$23,454	1st of 1
6	Plant ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$48,791	$53,374	$22,251	1st of 2
7	Business AdministrationAbout 131 graduates a year	$48,570	$65,260	$24,000	18th of 24
8	Social WorkAbout 13 graduates a year	$45,870	$54,835	$26,303	2nd of 10
9	CriminologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$45,113	Not reported	$24,750	3rd of 5
10	Business CommunicationGraduates a year not reported	$43,149	$58,107	$22,375	1st of 2
11	Social SciencesAbout 13 graduates a year	$42,357	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
12	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year	$39,673	$52,202	$26,000	13th of 13
13	Teacher EducationAbout 94 graduates a year	$39,546	$44,667	$27,000	16th of 19
14	CommunicationsAbout 40 graduates a year	$38,309	$51,308	$24,212	7th of 15
15	Animal ScienceAbout 178 graduates a year	$37,852	$51,398	$23,183	3rd of 3
16	EnglishAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,586	$49,938	$24,495	4th of 10
17	PsychologyAbout 67 graduates a year	$36,970	$46,229	$23,000	9th of 22
18	BiologyAbout 59 graduates a year	$34,762	$52,212	$22,937	12th of 20
19	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 35 graduates a year	$33,408	$53,208	$22,163	2nd of 7
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 19 graduates a year	$28,801	$37,902	$30,084	8th of 11

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Physics$62,196
Agricultural Engineering$57,627
Accounting$56,825
Agricultural Business$53,911
Computer Systems Analysis$52,507

Lowest median debt

Accounting$21,000
Agricultural Business$21,445
Environmental Science and Conservation$22,163
Plant Science$22,251
Business Communication$22,375

Largest programs

Animal ScienceAbout 178 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 131 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 94 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 67 graduates a year

Common questions

Physics graduates earn a median of $62,196 in their first year, the most of 20 UW-River Falls 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