Which Westfield State major has the lowest debt?

Information Science graduates leave with a median of $20,381 in federal loans, the lowest among 20 Westfield State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Westfield State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $12,179 a year, and $18,259 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,721 a year.

How many Westfield State programs report graduate pay?

21 bachelor's programs at Westfield State report first-year pay, and 20 of them also report federal debt.

Westfield State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Westfield State University
Public university
Westfield, MA
3,615 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Westfield State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($81,136), and History the least ($24,879). The median program pays $38,596.

In-state tuition and fees$12,179Per year. Out-of-state $18,259

Average net price after aid$16,721Per year

Graduation rate54%Within 6 years

Admission rate81%Of applicants

All 21 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	NursingAbout 61 graduates a year	$81,136	$86,414	$26,900	7th of 21
2	Computer ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$66,349	Not reported	$27,000	18th of 20
3	Information ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$52,728	$61,295	$20,381	5th of 5
4	MathematicsAbout 12 graduates a year	$47,922	$63,390	Not reported	12th of 15
5	BiologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$42,776	$64,665	$27,000	13th of 32
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 143 graduates a year	$42,228	$67,258	$24,422	10th of 16
7	BusinessAbout 82 graduates a year	$41,862	$63,772	$26,000	8th of 8
8	EconomicsAbout 14 graduates a year	$41,085	$67,101	$25,000	20th of 21
9	Special EducationAbout 12 graduates a year	$40,429	$57,770	$27,000	2nd of 2
10	Romance LanguagesAbout 3 graduates a year	$40,405	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 9
11	Social WorkAbout 27 graduates a year	$38,596	$56,371	$27,000	5th of 7
12	Political ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$36,577	$51,088	$24,783	23rd of 29
13	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 22 graduates a year	$35,809	$55,523	$23,913	9th of 16
14	Teacher EducationAbout 78 graduates a year	$35,090	$50,005	$27,000	12th of 13
15	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 124 graduates a year	$35,004	$50,601	$27,000	10th of 12
16	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 13 graduates a year	$33,440	$42,027	$27,000	4th of 16
17	Urban and Regional PlanningAbout 11 graduates a year	$32,802	$54,588	$23,628	1st of 1
18	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 42 graduates a year	$32,456	$66,151	$27,000	8th of 12
19	CommunicationsAbout 32 graduates a year	$32,134	$49,901	$26,000	15th of 20
20	PsychologyAbout 84 graduates a year	$31,179	$50,836	$27,000	32nd of 32
21	HistoryAbout 24 graduates a year	$24,879	$50,185	$25,000	19th of 20

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

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$81,136
Computer Science$66,349
Information Science$52,728
Mathematics$47,922
Biology$42,776

Lowest median debt

Information Science$20,381
Urban and Regional Planning$23,628
Environmental Science and Conservation$23,913
Criminal Justice$24,422
Political Science$24,783

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 143 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 124 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 84 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 82 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 78 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $81,136 in their first year, the most of 21 Westfield 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 Massachusetts 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