College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ · Public · Bachelor-granting · 42,537 undergrads · 86% admitted

Do students finish?

68% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$29,423/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$117,692 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.

$59,979 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $38,990 median $59,979 75th pct $92,199

78% 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.

71 Bachelor's programs · $16,878 to $76,657 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Mining and Mineral Engineering.Bachelor's $76,657 $11,000

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $73,122 $21,000

Computer Science.Bachelor's $72,627 $22,000

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $71,489 $21,000

Physics.Bachelor's $66,451 $20,500

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $65,774 $21,000

Systems Engineering.Bachelor's $65,275 $18,500

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $63,885 $17,937

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $63,757 $21,500

Engineering-Related Fields.Bachelor's $63,737 $24,777

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $61,523 $19,750

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.Bachelor's $58,147 $24,425

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $57,250 $19,500

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $54,832 $21,550

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $51,315 $19,500

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $50,727 $19,000

Mathematics.Bachelor's $49,272 $18,813

Architecture.Bachelor's $48,852 —

Business/Managerial Economics.Bachelor's $48,350 $20,500

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $48,115 $23,830

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $47,599 $23,000

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $46,907 $23,406

Marketing.Bachelor's $46,774 $21,500

Agricultural Business and Management.Bachelor's $45,319 $23,125

Economics.Bachelor's $44,659 $19,489

Science Technologies/Technicians, Other.Bachelor's $43,113 $20,000

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $41,289 $18,910

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning.Bachelor's $39,952 $24,863

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $39,259 $24,250

Public Administration.Bachelor's $39,081 $20,202

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $38,323 $18,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $38,015 $25,340

Chemistry.Bachelor's $36,057 $24,219

Homeland Security.Bachelor's $35,111 $20,101

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $33,892 $21,750

Journalism.Bachelor's $33,571 $20,500

Computer Software and Media Applications.Bachelor's $33,062 $22,198

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $32,899 $20,500

Philosophy.Bachelor's $32,865 $19,750

Sociology.Bachelor's $32,763 $18,375

Special Education and Teaching.Bachelor's $32,566 $19,500

Public Health.Bachelor's $32,385 $21,000

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.Bachelor's $32,382 $22,494

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $31,820 $15,000

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $31,769 $19,500

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $31,709 $21,500

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $30,835 $19,500

Area Studies.Bachelor's $30,593 $23,750

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $29,547 $25,000

Legal Professions and Studies, Other.Bachelor's $29,190 $20,396

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $29,042 $18,349

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $28,667 $16,118

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $28,557 $18,750

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.Bachelor's $28,334 $17,500

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $27,611 $20,500

Biology, General.Bachelor's $26,893 $21,500

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $26,723 $18,527

Music.Bachelor's $26,614 $14,650

Anthropology.Bachelor's $26,481 $21,869

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $26,422 $18,725

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $25,753 $25,438

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $24,838 —

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $24,800 $23,000

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $24,629 $23,665

History.Bachelor's $24,071 $22,448

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research.Bachelor's $23,373 $20,069

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $22,364 $21,754

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $22,343 $20,850

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.Bachelor's $22,151 —

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.Bachelor's $21,288 $19,850

Dance.Bachelor's $16,878 $19,875

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

$13,750

≈ 23% 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. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

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 (104 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