Marketing: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of marketing graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 505 colleges. National median: $50,680, rising to $66,333 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$89,454	$112,211	$7,500
2	Georgetown University	DC	$88,544	$105,944	$16,000
3	Boston College	MA	$76,748	$106,353	$19,000
4	Brigham Young University	UT	$73,160	$112,596	$14,125
5	Santa Clara University	CA	$72,607	$104,723	$19,500
6	Howard University	DC	$72,105	$77,820	$22,000
7	Villanova University	PA	$71,987	$102,222	$24,524
8	University of Notre Dame	IN	$70,783	$91,088	$19,000
9	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$70,112	$90,744	$16,125
10	The Catholic University of America	DC	$70,046	$85,029	—
11	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$67,393	$86,246	$17,750
12	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$67,255	$96,148	$15,750
13	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$66,934	$91,955	$17,858
14	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$66,898	$100,489	—
15	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$66,863	$93,782	$19,500
16	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$66,646	$98,503	$18,000
17	Texas Christian University	TX	$66,568	$97,148	$20,250
18	Syracuse University	NY	$66,466	$91,235	$24,976
19	Lehigh University	PA	$66,225	$98,320	$23,250
20	Bentley University	MA	$65,229	$88,461	$23,237
21	Fordham University	NY	$65,081	$90,733	$23,750
22	Saint Anselm College	NH	$64,542	—	$27,000
23	University of Minnesota-Crookston	MN	$63,793	$63,579	$20,281
24	George Washington University	DC	$63,642	$95,528	$20,500
25	Baylor University	TX	$63,435	$78,398	$19,500
26	Elon University	NC	$63,181	$95,163	$19,500
27	Utah Valley University	UT	$62,712	$81,582	$16,422
28	Marquette University	WI	$62,288	$82,233	$21,343
29	University of Dubuque	IA	$62,179	$53,011	—
30	Providence College	RI	$61,971	$89,629	$27,000
31	University of Arizona	AZ	$61,804	$84,111	$16,979
32	Post University	CT	$61,767	$74,201	$29,294
33	Butler University	IN	$61,664	$70,154	$20,500
34	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$61,306	$88,114	$12,948
35	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$61,306	$88,114	$12,948
36	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$61,306	$88,114	$12,948
37	University of Denver	CO	$61,291	$74,173	$20,503
38	Miami University-Hamilton	OH	$61,235	$86,919	$20,500
39	Miami University-Middletown	OH	$61,235	$86,919	$20,500
40	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$61,235	$86,919	$20,500
41	University of Georgia	GA	$61,056	$85,785	$14,079
42	Drexel University	PA	$61,010	$89,486	$27,000
43	Fairfield University	CT	$60,871	$86,740	$26,000
44	James Madison University	VA	$60,746	$89,944	$17,596
45	John Carroll University	OH	$60,729	$73,881	$26,000
46	University of Iowa	IA	$60,672	$81,994	$21,500
47	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$60,635	$84,725	$15,030
48	University of San Diego	CA	$60,568	$83,562	$19,250
49	Emmanuel College	MA	$60,288	$78,338	$24,875
50	Bryant University	RI	$60,174	$78,181	$24,250
51	University of St Thomas	MN	$60,120	$77,870	$21,500
52	Michigan State University	MI	$60,083	$90,453	$20,750
53	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$59,926	$86,338	$19,500
54	Central Michigan University	MI	$59,853	$75,661	$25,000
55	Pace University	NY	$59,819	$77,287	$23,000
56	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$59,674	$76,035	$13,000
57	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$59,648	—	$11,000
58	Colorado State University Global	CO	$59,403	$71,199	$23,304
59	University of Connecticut	CT	$59,320	$89,208	$20,500
60	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$59,320	$89,208	$20,500
61	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$59,320	$89,208	$20,500
62	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$59,320	$89,208	$20,500
63	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$59,320	$89,208	$20,500
64	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$59,271	$81,945	$20,500
65	Rider University	NJ	$59,254	$67,230	$26,596
66	Quinnipiac University	CT	$59,189	$83,258	$19,500
67	University of Florida	FL	$59,141	$92,626	$12,500
68	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$59,073	$73,732	$14,000
69	University of Delaware	DE	$59,048	$88,383	$25,000
70	Manhattan University	NY	$59,005	$78,423	$25,000
71	Western Governors University	UT	$59,001	$71,431	$14,249
72	University of Dayton	OH	$58,943	$80,677	$18,702
73	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$58,927	$86,299	$19,500
74	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$58,892	$79,343	$24,352
75	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$58,892	$79,343	$24,352
76	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$58,892	$79,343	$24,352
77	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$58,892	$79,343	$24,352
78	Texas Tech University	TX	$58,876	$72,953	$19,500
79	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$58,606	$86,662	$22,750
80	Hamline University	MN	$58,591	—	$26,000
81	Drake University	IA	$58,558	$71,246	$23,250
82	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$58,512	$75,461	$23,250
83	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$58,512	$75,461	$23,250
84	University of Utah	UT	$58,259	$83,511	$19,071
85	Georgia College & State University	GA	$58,146	$71,560	$21,785
86	Clemson University	SC	$58,136	$81,109	$18,375
87	Southern Methodist University	TX	$58,100	$88,627	$19,500
88	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
89	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
90	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
91	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
92	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
93	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$58,061	$78,506	$23,085
94	Endicott College	MA	$58,058	$76,948	$27,000
95	University of Miami	FL	$58,054	$85,935	$17,093
96	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$57,868	$81,119	$19,500
97	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$57,823	$78,522	$23,250
98	Ohio Northern University	OH	$57,720	$67,802	$27,000
99	Dominican University	IL	$57,442	—	$21,000
100	Buena Vista University	IA	$57,294	$55,330	$23,102
101	Valparaiso University	IN	$57,288	$66,773	$24,500
102	University of Arkansas	AR	$57,160	$73,153	$19,500
103	Ashland University	OH	$56,955	$68,708	$25,991
104	Winona State University	MN	$56,846	$70,203	$21,500
105	Saint Louis University	MO	$56,771	$72,251	$19,250
106	Washington State University	WA	$56,680	$76,595	$19,174
107	Taylor University	IN	$56,657	$78,191	$19,500
108	Western Michigan University	MI	$56,597	$71,371	$23,875
109	Utah State University	UT	$56,386	$87,905	$13,000
110	The University of Alabama	AL	$56,341	$77,451	$21,500
111	Texas State University	TX	$56,329	$71,539	$19,500
112	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$56,307	$68,219	—
113	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$56,292	$77,606	$19,500
114	Illinois State University	IL	$56,281	$77,956	$19,250
115	Menlo College	CA	$56,181	$74,930	$18,500
116	Iowa State University	IA	$56,055	$66,482	$21,500
117	Salisbury University	MD	$56,000	$70,597	$19,482
118	Trinity University	TX	$55,823	$84,347	—
119	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$55,773	$82,825	$19,000
120	University of Portland	OR	$55,738	$72,891	$18,000
121	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$55,686	$66,307	$26,182
122	Emerson College	MA	$55,658	$76,623	$22,750
123	Suffolk University	MA	$55,438	$71,855	$27,000
124	Susquehanna University	PA	$55,416	$82,070	$27,000
125	George Mason University	VA	$55,412	$69,210	$23,000
126	Florida State University	FL	$55,389	$84,981	$12,875
127	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$55,336	$74,813	$17,471
128	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$55,336	$74,813	$17,471
129	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$55,336	$74,813	$17,471
130	Auburn University	AL	$55,301	$74,702	$18,500
131	University of North Dakota	ND	$55,289	$64,912	$20,500
132	Eastern Illinois University	IL	$55,258	$62,994	$17,750
133	The University of Texas at Tyler	TX	$55,257	$58,325	$16,907
134	Grand Valley State University	MI	$55,209	$69,592	$20,500
135	Upper Iowa University	IA	$55,170	$54,858	—
136	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	$55,142	—	$19,500
137	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$55,099	$74,165	$21,500
138	Siena University	NY	$55,073	$69,793	$23,000
139	Stonehill College	MA	$55,058	$76,511	$25,000
140	Eastern University	PA	$55,018	$63,825	—
141	Seton Hall University	NJ	$54,979	$77,940	$23,250
142	Temple University	PA	$54,969	$72,289	$22,093
143	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$54,953	$72,881	$20,500
144	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	WI	$54,943	$62,014	—
145	University of San Francisco	CA	$54,857	$91,815	$18,000
146	Carthage College	WI	$54,811	$69,045	$25,000
147	Oregon State University	OR	$54,779	$73,205	$19,000
148	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$54,779	$73,205	$19,000
149	DePaul University	IL	$54,766	$78,164	$19,000
150	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$54,762	$75,099	$14,824
151	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$54,762	$75,099	$14,824
152	Tiffin University	OH	$54,748	$63,802	$23,617
153	Columbia College	MO	$54,734	$51,037	$19,000
154	Bradley University	IL	$54,631	$76,255	$27,000
155	The University of Texas Permian Basin	TX	$54,598	—	$21,000
156	Salve Regina University	RI	$54,594	$65,220	$27,000
157	Rasmussen University-Florida	FL	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
158	Rasmussen University-Minnesota	MN	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
159	Rasmussen University-North Dakota	ND	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
160	Rasmussen University-Illinois	IL	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
161	Rasmussen University-Wisconsin	WI	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
162	Rasmussen University-Kansas	KS	$54,564	$62,985	$30,778
163	Plymouth State University	NH	$54,506	$76,631	$26,000
164	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$54,470	$67,018	$19,125
165	Augsburg University	MN	$54,462	$68,757	$25,125
166	Xavier University	OH	$54,385	$73,414	$26,000
167	San Diego State University	CA	$54,304	$81,368	$15,000
168	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$54,298	$74,079	$21,500
169	Northern Illinois University	IL	$54,296	$76,373	$18,669
170	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$54,156	$71,027	$20,500
171	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$54,132	$66,094	$22,833
172	Lamar University	TX	$54,128	$57,355	$19,375
173	University of Mississippi	MS	$54,091	$69,139	$19,500
174	Creighton University	NE	$54,065	$85,891	$23,250
175	High Point University	NC	$53,983	$69,721	$19,500
176	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$53,967	$73,340	$16,525
177	Molloy University	NY	$53,958	$62,286	$25,000
178	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$53,909	$67,290	$20,625
179	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$53,882	$70,891	$20,500
180	Saint Vincent College	PA	$53,865	$62,330	$27,000
181	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	$53,841	$76,285	$21,500
182	Kennesaw State University	GA	$53,623	$72,089	$18,500
183	American Public University System	WV	$53,534	$63,469	$23,661
184	Benedictine University	IL	$53,498	$70,129	$25,000
185	University of Houston	TX	$53,465	$68,139	$15,500
186	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$53,440	$64,069	$25,000
187	Le Moyne College	NY	$53,402	$65,724	$24,250
188	Georgia Southern University	GA	$53,343	$69,425	$20,392
189	Weber State University	UT	$53,273	$77,828	—
190	Adrian College	MI	$53,267	$66,808	$27,000
191	La Salle University	PA	$53,263	$68,227	$21,875
192	University of St Thomas	TX	$53,252	$78,424	$18,875
193	Bridgewater State University	MA	$53,234	—	$24,625
194	Franklin University	OH	$53,154	$57,398	$16,632
195	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$53,116	$70,661	$18,500
196	Baldwin Wallace University	OH	$53,049	$64,353	$24,000
197	North Central College	IL	$53,006	$71,123	$20,000
198	Augustana College	IL	$52,954	—	$26,000
199	Metropolitan State University	MN	$52,892	$67,031	$15,000
200	Berry College	GA	$52,879	$79,602	—
201	University of Central Florida	FL	$52,801	$72,440	$16,000
202	Binghamton University	NY	$52,782	$80,825	$16,750
203	Nichols College	MA	$52,721	$60,365	$27,000
204	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion	IN	$52,608	$64,077	$18,473
205	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	IN	$52,608	$64,077	$18,473
206	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$52,571	$65,926	$20,937
207	Canisius University	NY	$52,548	$66,256	$20,500
208	Hampton University	VA	$52,533	$47,479	$18,674
209	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$52,512	$67,317	$19,500
210	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$52,487	$65,857	$22,375
211	Anderson University	SC	$52,437	$53,985	$19,500
212	Saint Norbert College	WI	$52,354	$81,731	$24,879
213	Saint Ambrose University	IA	$52,344	$66,714	$27,000
214	LIM College	NY	$52,305	$70,466	$23,875
215	DeSales University	PA	$52,303	$72,203	$27,000
216	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$52,243	$57,974	$19,500
217	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$52,240	$66,766	$19,500
218	University of Toledo	OH	$52,237	$67,040	$20,500
219	Wittenberg University	OH	$52,176	$69,280	—
220	Morgan State University	MD	$52,157	$56,767	$26,582
221	Indiana State University	IN	$52,127	$66,087	$20,323
222	Kansas State University	KS	$52,091	$69,837	$19,500
223	Sacred Heart University	CT	$52,002	$73,514	$25,000
224	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$52,001	$64,760	$26,000
225	Loyola University New Orleans	LA	$51,903	$53,481	$24,250
226	Appalachian State University	NC	$51,885	$69,439	$16,062
227	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$51,826	$69,383	$23,000
228	Western Washington University	WA	$51,804	$69,323	$15,000
229	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$51,710	$59,747	$25,500
230	Northwood University	MI	$51,626	$62,860	$20,625
231	Lewis University	IL	$51,510	$65,895	$18,114
232	Hofstra University	NY	$51,485	$68,530	$23,250
233	Walsh University	OH	$51,454	$68,678	$22,752
234	Assumption University	MA	$51,435	$75,091	$27,000
235	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$51,412	$68,772	$23,700
236	Bellevue University	NE	$51,295	$68,500	—
237	Benedictine College	KS	$51,291	$63,361	$20,351
238	University of Kansas	KS	$51,242	$70,404	$22,437
239	Old Dominion University	VA	$51,213	$61,550	$21,875
240	West Virginia University	WV	$51,157	$69,357	$20,484
241	Washburn University	KS	$51,154	$65,379	$18,000
242	University of Rhode Island	RI	$51,134	$75,011	$23,874
243	University of Kentucky	KY	$51,102	$70,776	$18,500
244	Saint Edward's University	TX	$51,086	$80,562	$22,728
245	The University of Tampa	FL	$51,061	$69,876	$20,842
246	University of Memphis	TN	$51,059	$67,468	$18,750
247	University of South Carolina-Upstate	SC	$51,018	—	$26,250
248	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$50,911	$69,407	$23,750
249	Walsh College	MI	$50,891	$58,073	$16,437
250	Oakland University	MI	$50,876	$69,448	$21,500
251	Boise State University	ID	$50,847	$65,040	$19,750
252	Iona University	NY	$50,685	$69,542	$25,000
253	Mississippi State University	MS	$50,680	$61,364	$20,875
254	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$50,672	$64,955	$25,000
255	University of Maine	ME	$50,658	$67,863	$23,242
256	Concordia University-Saint Paul	MN	$50,647	$76,183	$17,062
257	University of Louisville	KY	$50,610	$68,074	$15,000
258	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$50,551	$61,191	$21,600
259	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$50,524	$69,834	$18,500
260	Mercer University	GA	$50,513	$71,629	$24,706
261	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$50,470	—	$22,560
262	Seattle University	WA	$50,429	$72,518	$19,000
263	Fort Hays State University	KS	$50,419	$62,261	$12,970
264	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$50,413	$73,290	$15,299
265	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	TX	$50,411	$64,581	$27,000
266	College of Charleston	SC	$50,407	$68,348	$20,500
267	Stetson University	FL	$50,364	$63,707	$23,125
268	Wayne State University	MI	$50,303	$67,504	$17,892
269	Marian University	IN	$50,287	$61,951	$26,798
270	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$50,277	$71,293	$15,000
271	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$50,239	$58,919	$16,500
272	Georgia State University	GA	$50,224	$67,872	$20,573
273	Muskingum University	OH	$50,219	$60,451	$26,500
274	Tarleton State University	TX	$50,215	$57,478	$19,500
275	Champlain College	VT	$50,106	$60,198	$25,000
276	Linfield University	OR	$50,089	$66,731	—
277	Grand View University	IA	$50,082	$65,010	$14,820
278	University of St Francis	IL	$50,047	$61,119	—
279	Mount Mercy University	IA	$49,925	$57,111	$22,960
280	Northwest Missouri State University	MO	$49,900	$57,705	$20,500
281	Pittsburg State University	KS	$49,870	$60,219	$18,375
282	Radford University	VA	$49,832	$62,981	$21,265
283	East Carolina University	NC	$49,787	$73,626	$19,528
284	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$49,713	$62,716	$19,500
285	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$49,707	$61,063	$20,000
286	St. Mary's University	TX	$49,700	$66,151	$26,125
287	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$49,529	$67,034	$14,619
288	Elmhurst University	IL	$49,498	$72,286	$14,944
289	The College of Saint Scholastica	MN	$49,447	$65,512	—
290	Abilene Christian University	TX	$49,406	$65,244	$15,375
291	Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online	TX	$49,406	$65,244	$15,375
292	Ferris State University	MI	$49,381	$66,023	$18,500
293	Touro University	NY	$49,366	$37,424	—
294	Samford University	AL	$49,303	$70,839	$14,000
295	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$49,277	$63,088	$13,916
296	St Bonaventure University	NY	$49,221	$67,383	$27,000
297	California Baptist University	CA	$49,107	$56,350	$25,500
298	University of Idaho	ID	$48,965	$59,776	$18,794
299	University of North Texas	TX	$48,780	$66,673	$15,000
300	Dallas Baptist University	TX	$48,767	$66,736	$17,500

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do marketing graduates earn?

The median college reports $50,680 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in marketing and $66,333 four years after. The highest is $89,454 at University of Pennsylvania.

How much student debt do marketing graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,500 at the typical college.