Which Wheaton College major has the lowest debt?

Health Sciences graduates leave with a median of $20,356 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Wheaton College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Wheaton College cost?

Tuition and fees are $45,546 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $26,975 a year.

How many Wheaton College programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at Wheaton College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Wheaton College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Wheaton, IL
2,121 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Wheaton College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($81,470), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($23,202). The median program pays $37,025.

Tuition and fees$45,546Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$26,975Per year

Graduation rate85%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	Computer ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$81,470	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 23
2	EconomicsAbout 31 graduates a year	$62,889	Not reported	$21,000	3rd of 15
3	Business EconomicsAbout 74 graduates a year	$55,300	$83,645	$24,000	2nd of 4
4	Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$47,714	$49,942	$25,000	5th of 38
5	Political ScienceAbout 26 graduates a year	$45,069	Not reported	$23,250	3rd of 20
6	International RelationsAbout 16 graduates a year	$40,084	$53,995	$23,875	2nd of 4
7	CommunicationsAbout 34 graduates a year	$39,321	$63,267	$23,250	6th of 26
8	Romance LanguagesAbout 26 graduates a year	$37,025	Not reported	$26,650	5th of 10
9	EnglishAbout 35 graduates a year	$32,723	$54,198	$21,500	9th of 18
10	Health SciencesAbout 5 graduates a year	$32,375	$69,891	$20,356	4th of 5
11	Religious EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,892	Not reported	$25,000	2nd of 3
12	PsychologyAbout 56 graduates a year	$31,658	$55,639	$22,625	21st of 35
13	Bible StudiesAbout 33 graduates a year	$29,986	$42,261	$23,147	2nd of 2
14	MusicAbout 28 graduates a year	$26,540	$42,365	$24,556	8th of 13
15	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 20 graduates a year	$23,202	Not reported	$23,281	12th of 15

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$81,470
Economics$62,889
Business Economics$55,300
Teacher Education$47,714
Political Science$45,069

Lowest median debt

Health Sciences$20,356
Economics$21,000
English$21,500
Psychology$22,625
Bible Studies$23,147

Largest programs

Business EconomicsAbout 74 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 56 graduates a year
EnglishAbout 35 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 34 graduates a year
Bible StudiesAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $81,470 in their first year, the most of 15 Wheaton College 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 Illinois 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