Which Western Connecticut State major has the lowest debt?

Finance graduates leave with a median of $22,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Western Connecticut State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Western Connecticut State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $13,401 a year, and $16,901 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,604 a year.

How many Western Connecticut State programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at Western Connecticut State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Western Connecticut State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Western Connecticut State University
Public university
Danbury, CT
3,511 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 Western Connecticut State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($86,600), and Music the least ($21,659). The median program pays $37,787.

In-state tuition and fees$13,401Per year. Out-of-state $16,901

Average net price after aid$17,604Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 19 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Connecticut" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Connecticut. 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 Connecticut
1	NursingAbout 74 graduates a year	$86,600	$93,863	$26,000	7th of 11
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$77,969	Not reported	$24,125	2nd of 7
3	AccountingAbout 38 graduates a year	$58,144	$78,301	$25,375	6th of 10
4	Management Information SystemsAbout 34 graduates a year	$50,443	$80,013	$23,670	5th of 5
5	FinanceAbout 34 graduates a year	$46,470	$76,891	$22,000	8th of 9
6	MarketingAbout 46 graduates a year	$45,967	$60,705	$23,535	5th of 7
7	Management ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$42,454	$67,757	$25,000	2nd of 2
8	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 20 graduates a year	$39,696	$51,330	$27,000	4th of 6
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 76 graduates a year	$38,235	$57,122	$24,875	7th of 10
10	BiologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$37,787	$51,225	$27,000	7th of 11
11	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 39 graduates a year	$36,070	$51,863	$29,875	1st of 1
12	Social WorkAbout 45 graduates a year	$33,033	$56,137	$24,527	3rd of 4
13	PsychologyAbout 68 graduates a year	$32,064	$48,890	$24,622	11th of 16
14	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 7 graduates a year	$30,582	$50,247	$25,000	2nd of 2
15	CommunicationsAbout 36 graduates a year	$27,909	$48,487	$25,069	10th of 11
16	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 3 graduates a year	$27,784	Not reported	$26,782	8th of 8
17	TheatreAbout 32 graduates a year	$24,150	$28,374	$27,000	1st of 2
18	Leisure and Recreational ActivitiesGraduates a year not reported	$23,229	$41,810	$26,000	1st of 1
19	MusicAbout 17 graduates a year	$21,659	Not reported	$26,025	4th of 4

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 76 graduates a year
NursingAbout 74 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 68 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 46 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 45 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $86,600 in their first year, the most of 19 Western Connecticut State 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 Connecticut 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