Which Western Oregon University major has the lowest debt?

Education graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Western Oregon University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Western Oregon University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,879 a year, and $32,534 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,237 a year.

How many Western Oregon University programs report graduate pay?

16 bachelor's programs at Western Oregon University report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Western Oregon University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Monmouth, OR
3,103 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Western Oregon University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($51,703), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($23,583). The median program pays $34,973.

In-state tuition and fees$11,879Per year. Out-of-state $32,534

Average net price after aid$17,237Per year

Graduation rate47%Within 6 years

Admission rate98%Of applicants

All 16 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oregon. 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 Oregon
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$51,703	$79,664	$26,000	4th of 5
2	Teacher EducationGraduates a year not reported	$44,845	$55,539	$25,458	1st of 6
3	EducationAbout 144 graduates a year	$43,879	Not reported	$20,500	1st of 4
4	BusinessAbout 73 graduates a year	$42,281	$54,598	$24,500	3rd of 3
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 68 graduates a year	$40,289	$56,961	$24,000	3rd of 3
6	Information ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$39,320	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
7	CommunicationsAbout 27 graduates a year	$37,600	$62,300	$21,316	2nd of 10
8	Public HealthAbout 19 graduates a year	$35,701	$49,490	$21,691	3rd of 4
9	Social SciencesAbout 15 graduates a year	$34,245	$55,823	$25,000	5th of 5
10	PsychologyAbout 131 graduates a year	$34,038	$49,368	$23,448	4th of 14
11	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$32,249	$51,508	$24,500	3rd of 8
12	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$31,917	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 5
13	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 81 graduates a year	$31,893	$44,645	$27,000	2nd of 5
14	American Sign LanguageAbout 30 graduates a year	$31,576	$46,831	$22,950	1st of 1
15	BiologyAbout 26 graduates a year	$25,726	$64,559	$27,342	11th of 14
16	Design and Applied ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$23,583	Not reported	$24,625	4th of 5

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$51,703
Teacher Education$44,845
Education$43,879
Business$42,281
Criminal Justice$40,289

Lowest median debt

Education$20,500
Communications$21,316
Public Health$21,691
American Sign Language$22,950
Psychology$23,448

Largest programs

EducationAbout 144 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 131 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 81 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 73 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 68 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $51,703 in their first year, the most of 16 Western Oregon 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 Oregon 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