Which Winona State bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Romance Languages graduates leave with a median of $20,017 in federal loans, the lowest among 26 Winona State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Winona State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,576 a year, and $17,308 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,503 a year.

How many Winona State programs report graduate pay?

27 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Winona State report first-year pay, and 27 of them also report federal debt.

Winona State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Winona State University
Public university
Winona, MN
5,144 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

27 Winona State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,313), and Parks and Recreation the least ($35,062). The median program pays $46,250. Winona State also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$10,576Per year. Out-of-state $17,308

Average net price after aid$17,503Per year

Graduation rate57%Within 6 years

Admission rate75%Of applicants

All 27 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Minnesota. 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 Minnesota
1	NursingAbout 206 graduates a year	$75,313	$79,166	$26,252	14th of 23
2	Materials EngineeringAbout 17 graduates a year	$72,944	$83,187	$22,000	1st of 2
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 2 graduates a year	$65,883	$79,354	Not reported	4th of 4
4	Computer ScienceAbout 46 graduates a year	$65,817	$90,428	$23,250	9th of 13
5	Management Information SystemsGraduates a year not reported	$64,613	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year	$61,935	Not reported	$32,557	3rd of 10
7	AccountingAbout 37 graduates a year	$55,898	$67,731	$23,652	17th of 23
8	FinanceAbout 25 graduates a year	$52,188	$79,334	$23,167	8th of 15
9	Human ResourcesAbout 31 graduates a year	$50,241	$65,075	$23,250	7th of 9
10	MarketingAbout 50 graduates a year	$49,340	$63,079	$25,000	10th of 17
11	Criminal JusticeAbout 30 graduates a year	$48,861	$62,593	$26,012	7th of 12
12	Business AdministrationAbout 112 graduates a year	$47,097	$65,310	$25,000	25th of 28
13	Special EducationAbout 27 graduates a year	$46,697	$52,938	$27,000	3rd of 5
14	Public HealthAbout 20 graduates a year	$46,250	$48,643	$20,966	1st of 7
15	Social WorkAbout 67 graduates a year	$44,546	$54,119	$27,000	7th of 13
16	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 82 graduates a year	$44,002	$50,609	$26,762	9th of 15
17	SociologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$43,505	$46,926	$21,687	1st of 6
18	Teacher EducationAbout 142 graduates a year	$42,519	$49,020	$26,470	12th of 24
19	Romance LanguagesAbout 15 graduates a year	$41,866	$47,576	$20,017	1st of 6
20	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 52 graduates a year	$41,742	$58,281	$25,550	1st of 14
21	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 42 graduates a year	$40,406	$51,281	$29,750	5th of 7
22	BiologyAbout 68 graduates a year	$38,666	$68,876	$22,665	5th of 25
23	CommunicationsAbout 59 graduates a year	$38,197	$54,159	$25,250	16th of 19
24	PsychologyAbout 80 graduates a year	$37,673	$51,687	$24,875	9th of 23
25	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$36,984	$66,073	$27,000	3rd of 3
26	Political ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$35,631	$58,224	$25,875	6th of 15
27	Parks and RecreationAbout 29 graduates a year	$35,062	$43,251	$21,148	2nd of 2

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

One associate's program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 40 graduates a year	$46,673	$53,974	$13,062	1st of 23

Program names link to the program's own page, and Minnesota ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$75,313
Materials Engineering$72,944
Medical Laboratory Science$65,883
Computer Science$65,817
Management Information Systems$64,613

Lowest median debt

Romance Languages$20,017
Public Health$20,966
Parks and Recreation$21,148
Sociology$21,687
Materials Engineering$22,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 206 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 142 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 112 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 82 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 80 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,313 in their first year, the most of 27 Winona 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 Minnesota 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