Bachelor's Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Bachelor's Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Biological and Physical Sciences programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 29 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York0.14×54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi2Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia0.19×13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi3University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana0.22×11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi4Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey0.26×———$69k—6,70720 mi5Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington0.28×87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi6University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska0.30×——$15k$52k30%7,2124 mi7Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee0.30×69%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi8University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia0.31×38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi9University of OregonEugene, Oregon0.31×88%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi10Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania0.36×91%1082$17k$51k56%6,764116 mi11Fordham UniversityBronx, New York0.37×59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi12Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania0.39×61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi13Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania0.39×91%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi14Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania0.39×98%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi15Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania0.39×97%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi16Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania0.39×97%1181$18k$63k20%2,8778 mi17Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania0.39×99%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi18Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania0.39×99%1190$18k$63k39%79386 mi19Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania0.39×97%1140$19k$63k16%66841 mi20University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.40×58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi21University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania0.40×95%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi22University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania0.40×95%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi23University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas0.41×90%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi24Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon0.42×91%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi25Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington0.45×90%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 mi26Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey0.47×91%—$15k$57k53%2,6275 mi27Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia0.47×93%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi28The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington0.49×96%1216$24k$45k41%2,1601 mi29Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan0.58×83%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.