Which Valparaiso University major has the lowest debt?

Finance graduates leave with a median of $26,613 in federal loans, the lowest among 20 Valparaiso University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Valparaiso University cost?

Tuition and fees are $48,450 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,578 a year.

How many Valparaiso University programs report graduate pay?

23 bachelor's programs at Valparaiso University report first-year pay, and 20 of them also report federal debt.

Valparaiso University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Valparaiso, IN
2,083 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

23 Valparaiso University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($75,484), and English the least ($23,909). The median program pays $44,937.

Tuition and fees$48,450Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,578Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate89%Of applicants

All 23 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Indiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Indiana. 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 Indiana
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 14 graduates a year	$75,484	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 5
2	NursingAbout 119 graduates a year	$73,747	$79,968	$27,366	6th of 27
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 20 graduates a year	$73,662	$87,180	$27,000	6th of 9
4	Civil EngineeringAbout 20 graduates a year	$69,549	$80,194	$27,000	4th of 6
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year	$68,265	$83,142	$27,000	6th of 9
6	Management ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$67,129	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5
7	Computer ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$59,863	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 13
8	AccountingAbout 12 graduates a year	$57,766	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 18
9	FinanceAbout 14 graduates a year	$55,399	$84,445	$26,613	8th of 16
10	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$46,750	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 14
11	Teacher EducationAbout 21 graduates a year	$45,123	$48,557	$27,000	9th of 26
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 5 graduates a year	$44,937	$58,510	$27,000	1st of 18
13	MarketingAbout 18 graduates a year	$44,742	$67,494	$27,000	9th of 16
14	Business AdministrationAbout 17 graduates a year	$44,100	$66,051	$27,000	21st of 28
15	ChemistryAbout 14 graduates a year	$37,526	$71,188	$27,000	6th of 6
16	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1 graduates a year	$35,931	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 18
17	CommunicationsAbout 12 graduates a year	$35,164	$56,864	$27,000	8th of 17
18	Political ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$32,893	$65,176	$27,000	7th of 10
19	Romance LanguagesAbout 6 graduates a year	$31,752	$51,226	$26,900	7th of 7
20	PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$31,057	$47,422	$27,000	19th of 24
21	BiologyAbout 26 graduates a year	$30,672	$56,922	$27,000	17th of 17
22	CriminologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$30,653	$61,772	$27,000	2nd of 2
23	EnglishAbout 5 graduates a year	$23,909	$49,723	Not reported	12th of 12

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

Computer Engineering$75,484
Nursing$73,747
Electrical Engineering$73,662
Civil Engineering$69,549
Mechanical Engineering$68,265

Lowest median debt

Finance$26,613
Romance Languages$26,900
Computer Engineering$27,000
Electrical Engineering$27,000
Civil Engineering$27,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 119 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 26 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 21 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $75,484 in their first year, the most of 23 Valparaiso University 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 Indiana 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