Which Youngstown State major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $19,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 34 Youngstown State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Youngstown State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,113 a year, and $11,473 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,767 a year.

How many Youngstown State programs report graduate pay?

36 bachelor's programs at Youngstown State report first-year pay, and 34 of them also report federal debt.

Youngstown State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Youngstown State University
Public university
Youngstown, OH
7,961 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

36 Youngstown State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($74,799), and English the least ($22,831). The median program pays $36,922.

In-state tuition and fees$11,113Per year. Out-of-state $11,473

Average net price after aid$12,767Per year

Graduation rate50%Within 6 years

Admission rate84%Of applicants

All 36 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 38 graduates a year	$74,799	$89,003	$25,000	7th of 11
2	Chemical EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$69,609	$82,846	$26,545	8th of 10
3	Industrial EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$69,202	Not reported	$25,000	3rd of 4
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 53 graduates a year	$68,061	$83,601	$24,817	12th of 14
5	Computer ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$66,674	$71,313	$21,000	9th of 12
6	NursingAbout 155 graduates a year	$65,668	$71,375	$27,000	38th of 38
7	Civil EngineeringAbout 25 graduates a year	$59,149	$71,919	$27,000	10th of 10
8	Civil Engineering TechnologyAbout 7 graduates a year	$57,772	$78,198	$29,500	1st of 1
9	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 26 graduates a year	$56,793	$58,286	$29,750	2nd of 5
10	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$56,656	$86,167	$35,947	4th of 5
11	AccountingAbout 54 graduates a year	$53,227	$61,990	$23,279	21st of 30
12	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 22 graduates a year	$52,212	$65,226	$31,000	8th of 12
13	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$48,826	$52,675	$25,000	2nd of 2
14	Human ResourcesAbout 15 graduates a year	$45,244	$60,303	$23,018	10th of 14
15	FinanceAbout 52 graduates a year	$44,973	$61,650	$21,935	21st of 21
16	Business AdministrationAbout 79 graduates a year	$43,119	$53,043	$20,000	30th of 40
17	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$39,279	$55,686	$31,000	12th of 12
18	Criminal JusticeAbout 112 graduates a year	$37,325	$45,929	$24,465	11th of 17
19	MarketingAbout 48 graduates a year	$36,518	$58,670	$23,900	28th of 30
20	Social WorkAbout 77 graduates a year	$36,445	$45,268	$33,422	11th of 14
21	Special EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$35,220	$40,430	$29,125	13th of 15
22	Teacher EducationAbout 90 graduates a year	$33,735	$40,454	$29,500	24th of 31
23	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 42 graduates a year	$33,398	$44,174	$26,751	11th of 14
24	Writing and RhetoricAbout 40 graduates a year	$31,763	$39,088	$26,169	2nd of 5
25	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 113 graduates a year	$31,492	$43,902	$31,000	9th of 11
26	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 76 graduates a year	$30,661	$45,846	$26,393	16th of 26
27	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 23 graduates a year	$30,089	$40,787	$26,250	4th of 10
28	BiologyAbout 99 graduates a year	$29,689	$62,060	$19,000	17th of 28
29	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$29,203	$38,528	$31,000	3rd of 17
30	DieteticsAbout 4 graduates a year	$29,065	$49,195	$27,729	5th of 6
31	Hospitality ManagementAbout 8 graduates a year	$28,245	$45,003	$25,687	3rd of 3
32	Political ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$28,148	$50,258	$25,000	17th of 21
33	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 6 graduates a year	$27,068	Not reported	Not reported	12th of 12
34	TheatreAbout 11 graduates a year	$24,933	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 13
35	PsychologyAbout 89 graduates a year	$23,223	$44,159	$24,250	27th of 29
36	EnglishAbout 10 graduates a year	$22,831	$48,573	$28,000	15th of 18

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

Electrical Engineering$74,799
Chemical Engineering$69,609
Industrial Engineering$69,202
Mechanical Engineering$68,061
Computer Science$66,674

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 155 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 113 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 112 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 99 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 90 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $74,799 in their first year, the most of 36 Youngstown 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 Ohio 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