College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, OH · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 2,901 undergrads · 58% admitted

Do students finish?

75% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$44,580/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$178,320 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$50,030 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $30,456 median $50,030 75th pct $72,163

66% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

14 Bachelor's programs · $24,276 to $57,589 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $57,589 $27,000

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $51,923 —

Mathematics.Bachelor's $39,390 $20,500

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $34,871 $27,000

Marketing.Bachelor's $34,611 $24,250

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $31,705 $23,720

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $31,582 $26,995

Religious Education.Bachelor's $30,950 $25,000

Biology, General.Bachelor's $30,272 $22,500

Social Work.Bachelor's $28,266 $27,000

Philosophy.Bachelor's $26,960 $20,000

History.Bachelor's $25,807 $23,500

Theological and Ministerial Studies.Bachelor's $25,562 $23,250

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $24,276 $24,750

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$18,590

≈ 37% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (18 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website