Which Vassar College major has the lowest debt?

Neuroscience graduates leave with a median of $16,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 17 Vassar College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Vassar College cost?

Tuition and fees are $71,030 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $39,343 a year.

How many Vassar College programs report graduate pay?

21 bachelor's programs at Vassar College report first-year pay, and 17 of them also report federal debt.

Vassar College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Poughkeepsie, NY
2,444 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Vassar College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($80,037), and Theatre the least ($19,339). The median program pays $34,361.

Tuition and fees$71,030Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$39,343Per year

Graduation rate91%Within 6 years

Admission rate19%Of applicants

All 21 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. 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 New York
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$80,037	$115,240	$17,037	7th of 30
2	EconomicsAbout 59 graduates a year	$79,845	$103,043	$19,000	4th of 36
3	MathematicsAbout 43 graduates a year	$52,085	$77,602	$19,000	8th of 22
4	Political ScienceAbout 38 graduates a year	$48,679	$72,327	$17,500	8th of 47
5	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$45,599	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 10
6	NeuroscienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$41,752	Not reported	$16,000	3rd of 8
7	Urban StudiesAbout 12 graduates a year	$39,410	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
8	HistoryAbout 16 graduates a year	$38,461	Not reported	$19,000	6th of 35
9	BiologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$37,802	$71,377	$19,000	10th of 65
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 2 graduates a year	$35,316	Not reported	$18,652	12th of 22
11	Experimental PsychologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$34,361	Not reported	$19,000	7th of 10
12	International RelationsAbout 26 graduates a year	$31,956	$75,748	$20,232	6th of 9
13	Romance LanguagesAbout 33 graduates a year	$28,999	$54,746	$19,000	16th of 19
14	Film and PhotographyAbout 25 graduates a year	$28,028	$64,947	$17,993	3rd of 18
15	Science, Technology, and SocietyAbout 17 graduates a year	$27,215	Not reported	$18,593	2nd of 2
16	SociologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$26,356	Not reported	Not reported	34th of 38
17	EnglishAbout 37 graduates a year	$24,614	$58,430	$19,000	38th of 41
18	CommunicationsAbout 14 graduates a year	$23,270	Not reported	$18,250	46th of 48
19	Area StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$22,741	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 8
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 18 graduates a year	$19,790	$66,304	$18,985	29th of 35
21	TheatreAbout 24 graduates a year	$19,339	$38,959	$20,000	14th of 31

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York 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 New York 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 and Information Science$80,037
Economics$79,845
Mathematics$52,085
Political Science$48,679
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology$45,599

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 59 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 45 graduates a year
MathematicsAbout 43 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 42 graduates a year
Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $80,037 in their first year, the most of 21 Vassar College 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 New York 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