Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marketing (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Marketing
- Private nonprofit university
- Marion, IN
- About 37 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion marketing graduates earn more than graduates of most marketing programs nationally, $50,703 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 79% of marketing programs in the country. Several Indiana programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Indiana and national columns are the medians across all marketing bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion graduates earn more than the national figure and about $6,012 more than the Indiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Indiana marketing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Indiana 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 32% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $30,875 against $25,330.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 6.8% 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
46% of graduates (24 of 52) were working in Indiana one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Indiana outside metro areas are about 11% below the national average, so a $50,703 salary here buys what about $57,190 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
$63,700Median pay in Indiana. 14,400 people work in this job in Indiana. 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
$131,470Median pay in Indiana. 9,700 people work in this job in Indiana. 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
$136,260Median pay in Indiana. 3,350 people work in this job in Indiana. 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
$63,430Median pay in Indiana. 1,160 people work in this job in Indiana. 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 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marketing ranks 7th of 23 bachelor's programs at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($73,557), Management Information Systems ($66,258), and Business Administration ($58,880).
Other marketing bachelor's programs near Marion
Common questions
The median graduate earns $50,703 one year after graduating and $67,090 five years after. The median across marketing bachelor's programs in Indiana is $44,919.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 12th lowest of 15 marketing bachelor's programs in Indiana. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 53% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%. Compare the cost with other Indiana programs before deciding.
Many leave. 46% (24 of 52) were working in Indiana 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 Indiana 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