Which Waldorf University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Fire Science graduates leave with a median of $21,783 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Waldorf University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Waldorf University cost?

Tuition and fees are $25,978 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,693 a year.

How many Waldorf University programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at Waldorf University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Waldorf University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Forest City, IA
1,827 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Waldorf University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Fire Science pays the most in the first year ($97,731), and Psychology the least ($41,193). The median program pays $58,931. Waldorf University also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$25,978Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$19,693Per year

Graduation rate21%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. 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 Iowa
1	Fire ScienceAbout 57 graduates a year	$97,731	$100,301	$21,783	1st of 1
2	Human ResourcesAbout 50 graduates a year	$77,897	$75,847	$32,111	1st of 6
3	Homeland SecurityAbout 107 graduates a year	$66,446	Not reported	$23,437	1st of 1
4	Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 103 graduates a year	$65,908	Not reported	$23,047	1st of 1
5	BusinessAbout 114 graduates a year	$51,954	$56,963	$27,000	3rd of 5
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 24 graduates a year	$46,923	Not reported	$27,086	2nd of 2
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 39 graduates a year	$42,735	$53,890	$27,000	6th of 9
8	PsychologyAbout 76 graduates a year	$41,193	$47,938	$29,136	2nd of 15

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

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Iowa.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Iowa
Fire ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$76,032	$79,231	$12,609	1st of 1
Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$65,381	Not reported	$24,898	1st of 1

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

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Fire Science$97,731
Human Resources$77,897
Homeland Security$66,446
Quality Control and Safety Technology$65,908
Business$51,954

Lowest median debt

Fire Science$21,783
Quality Control and Safety Technology$23,047
Homeland Security$23,437
Business$27,000
Criminal Justice$27,000

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 114 graduates a year
Homeland SecurityAbout 107 graduates a year
Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 103 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 76 graduates a year
Fire ScienceAbout 57 graduates a year

Common questions

Fire Science graduates earn a median of $97,731 in their first year, the most of 8 Waldorf 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 Iowa 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