Majors

Best Colleges for Marketing, by Earnings

735 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Marketing, about 42,788 degrees a year. Across the 481 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $66,333 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Brigham Young University	UT	$112,596	92	67.8%
2	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$112,211	56	5.4%
3	Boston College	MA	$106,353	84	16.4%
4	Georgetown University	DC	$105,944	53	12.9%
5	Santa Clara University	CA	$104,723	99	48%
6	Villanova University	PA	$102,222	75	27%
7	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$100,489	72	12.1%
8	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$98,503	174	14%
9	Lehigh University	PA	$98,320	60	25.9%
10	Texas Christian University	TX	$97,148	143	44.5%
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$96,148	252	45.2%
12	George Washington University	DC	$95,528	54	47.1%
13	Elon University	NC	$95,163	144	66.4%
14	University of Maryland	MD	$93,782	278	44.8%
15	University of Florida	FL	$92,626	209	24.2%
16	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$91,955	171	26.6%
17	University of San Francisco	CA	$91,815	80	61.7%
18	Syracuse University	NY	$91,235	140	45.9%
19	University of Notre Dame	IN	$91,088	71	11.3%
20	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$90,744	145	42.4%
21	Fordham University	NY	$90,733	67	59.3%
22	Michigan State University	MI	$90,453	255	84.8%
23	James Madison University	VA	$89,944	170	71.5%
24	Providence College	RI	$89,629	134	50.9%
25	Drexel University	PA	$89,486	148	79.4%
26	University of Connecticut	CT	$89,208	104	52.4%
27	Southern Methodist University	TX	$88,627	88	63.3%
28	Bentley University	MA	$88,461	108	45.1%
29	University of Delaware	DE	$88,383	230	70.6%
30	University of Washington	WA	$88,114	224	39.1%
31	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$88,114	58	90.6%
32	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$88,114	43	82.5%
33	Utah State University	UT	$87,905	127	92.5%
34	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$86,919	319	75.4%
35	Miami University-Hamilton	OH	$86,919	2
36	Miami University-Middletown	OH	$86,919	1
37	Fairfield University	CT	$86,740	157	33.3%
38	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$86,662	141	81.6%
39	Virginia Tech	VA	$86,338	257	54.8%
40	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$86,299	204	59.7%
41	University of Minnesota	MN	$86,246	239	79.8%
42	University of Miami	FL	$85,935	152	18.9%
43	Creighton University	NE	$85,891	67	79.8%
44	University of Georgia	GA	$85,785	398	37.7%
45	The Catholic University of America	DC	$85,029	1	82.8%
46	Florida State University	FL	$84,981	649	24.2%
47	Purdue University	IN	$84,725	139	49.9%
48	Trinity University	TX	$84,347	21	25.9%
49	University of Arizona	AZ	$84,111	195	86.1%
50	University of Scranton	PA	$83,756	29	81.2%
51	University of San Diego	CA	$83,562	93	52.4%
52	University of Utah	UT	$83,511	148	86%
53	Quinnipiac University	CT	$83,258	63	72.2%
54	Maryville University of Saint Louis	MO	$83,256	16	95.1%
55	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$82,825	151	45.1%
56	Marquette University	WI	$82,233	117	81.3%
57	Susquehanna University	PA	$82,070	29	81.4%
58	University of Iowa	IA	$81,994	301	83.6%
59	University of South Carolina	SC	$81,945	367	60.2%
60	Saint Norbert College	WI	$81,731	17	85.7%
61	Ohio State University	OH	$81,119	478	60.6%
62	Clemson University	SC	$81,109	361	38.3%
63	Binghamton University	NY	$80,825	90	38.6%
64	University of Dayton	OH	$80,677	155	65.5%
65	Saint Edward's University	TX	$80,562	28	81.4%
66	Berry College	GA	$79,602	24	64%
67	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$79,343	361	60.6%
68	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$79,343	39	91.2%
69	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$79,343	36	96.8%
70	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$79,343	25	97.6%
71	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$78,522	124	88.8%
72	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$78,506	242	85%
73	University of St Thomas	TX	$78,424	22	89.9%
74	Manhattan University	NY	$78,423	50	78.9%
75	Baylor University	TX	$78,398	253	51.3%
76	Emmanuel College	MA	$78,338	20	75.7%
77	Taylor University	IN	$78,191	22	73.5%
78	Bryant University	RI	$78,181	165	65.5%
79	DePaul University	IL	$78,164	153	75.9%
80	Lipscomb University	TN	$77,996	34	67.7%
81	Illinois State University	IL	$77,956	256	88.2%
82	Seton Hall University	NJ	$77,940	132	73.3%
83	University of St Thomas	MN	$77,870	130	85.4%
84	Howard University	DC	$77,820	65	41.3%
85	University of Oklahoma	OK	$77,606	347	76.6%
86	The University of Alabama	AL	$77,451	569	76.6%
87	Adelphi University	NY	$77,418	28	65.9%
88	Pace University	NY	$77,287	36	75.9%
89	Manhattanville University	NY	$77,161	10	87.3%
90	Endicott College	MA	$76,948	46	71.2%
91	Plymouth State University	NH	$76,631	42	87.5%
92	Emerson College	MA	$76,623	41	51.3%
93	Washington State University	WA	$76,595	230	86.6%
94	Stonehill College	MA	$76,511	45	66.3%
95	Northern Illinois University	IL	$76,373	119	69.8%
96	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	$76,285	16	92.8%
97	Bradley University	IL	$76,255	26	76.8%
98	Concordia University-Saint Paul	MN	$76,183	19	78.9%
99	Texas A&M University	TX	$76,035	250	57.4%
100	Central Michigan University	MI	$75,661	80	89.8%

Showing the top 100 of 481 colleges that report earnings. 254 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Marketing graduates?

Brigham Young University ($112,596), University of Pennsylvania ($112,211), Boston College ($106,353), Georgetown University ($105,944), Santa Clara University ($104,723) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Marketing majors make?

The median across 481 colleges is $66,333 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $27,076 to $112,596.

Which colleges have the biggest Marketing programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: Florida State University (649), The University of Alabama (569), University of Cincinnati (502), Ohio State University (478), Florida International University (452).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Marketing". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.