Abilene Christian University Marketing (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Marketing
- Private nonprofit university
- Abilene, TX
- About 25 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Abilene Christian University marketing graduates earn about what marketing graduates earn nationally, $47,524 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,021 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,250. Several Texas programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all marketing bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Abilene Christian University graduates earn less than the national figure but about $2,666 more than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas marketing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 28% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $255 a month, or 6.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
82% of graduates (32 of 39) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Abilene area are about 10% below the national average, so a $47,524 salary here buys what about $52,592 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to marketing, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
$72,520Median pay in Texas. 63,350 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 82,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Sales Managers
$136,020Median pay in Texas. 76,010 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Marketing Managers
$147,880Median pay in Texas. 44,680 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 34,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Web and Digital Interface Designers
$102,650Median pay in Texas. 5,910 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Abilene Christian University
Marketing ranks 6th of 11 bachelor's programs at Abilene Christian University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($72,481), Accounting ($60,619), and Finance ($53,590).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,524 one year after graduating and $60,595 five years after. The median across marketing bachelor's programs in Texas is $43,828.
The median federal loan balance is $24,021, which ranks 28th lowest of 36 marketing bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $255 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 51% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Texas programs report higher pay.
Most do. 82% (32 of 39) were working in Texas one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the marketing program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024