Which Virginia Military Institute major has the lowest debt?

Psychology graduates leave with a median of $19,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Virginia Military Institute bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Virginia Military Institute cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $21,046 a year, and $52,638 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,113 a year.

How many Virginia Military Institute programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Virginia Military Institute report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Virginia Military Institute Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Lexington, VA
1,527 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Virginia Military Institute bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Civil Engineering pays the most in the first year ($61,547), and History the least ($42,543). The median program pays $45,238.

In-state tuition and fees$21,046Per year. Out-of-state $52,638

Average net price after aid$17,113Per year

Graduation rate76%Within 6 years

Admission rate71%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Virginia. 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 Virginia
1	Civil EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$61,547	$80,733	$26,000	5th of 5
2	Computer ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$58,225	Not reported	$26,000	7th of 7
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year	$47,837	$83,811	$19,971	7th of 7
4	PhysicsAbout 11 graduates a year	$46,641	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
5	EconomicsAbout 50 graduates a year	$46,046	$80,064	$23,250	9th of 12
6	International RelationsAbout 56 graduates a year	$44,429	$79,025	$21,500	6th of 9
7	PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$44,163	$72,223	$19,250	1st of 26
8	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$43,923	$72,503	Not reported	2nd of 5
9	BiologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$43,797	$79,095	$23,000	1st of 25
10	HistoryAbout 44 graduates a year	$42,543	$62,892	$19,500	2nd of 16

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Civil Engineering$61,547
Computer Science$58,225
Mechanical Engineering$47,837
Physics$46,641
Economics$46,046

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

International RelationsAbout 56 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 50 graduates a year
HistoryAbout 44 graduates a year
Civil EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year

Common questions

Civil Engineering graduates earn a median of $61,547 in their first year, the most of 10 Virginia Military Institute 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 Virginia 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