Which Marquette University major has the lowest debt?

4 of the 31 Marquette University bachelor's programs that report debt tie for the lowest, a median of $19,500 in federal loans.

How much does Marquette University cost?

Tuition and fees are $51,170 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $31,487 a year.

How many Marquette University programs report graduate pay?

33 bachelor's programs at Marquette University report first-year pay, and 31 of them also report federal debt.

Marquette University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Milwaukee, WI
7,660 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

33 Marquette University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($81,797), and Biology the least ($28,555). The median program pays $46,400.

Tuition and fees$51,170Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$31,487Per year

Graduation rate83%Within 6 years

Admission rate81%Of applicants

All 33 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Wisconsin" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Wisconsin. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Wisconsin
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$81,797	$97,171	$26,750	2nd of 5
2	NursingAbout 160 graduates a year	$74,574	$85,237	$22,000	3rd of 19
3	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 62 graduates a year	$73,526	$91,571	$27,000	2nd of 4
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 72 graduates a year	$73,049	$87,345	$26,602	3rd of 6
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 106 graduates a year	$70,530	$96,813	$22,536	4th of 9
6	Computer EngineeringAbout 20 graduates a year	$69,664	$98,099	$24,767	6th of 6
7	Civil EngineeringAbout 30 graduates a year	$68,386	$91,837	$27,000	4th of 5
8	FinanceAbout 163 graduates a year	$67,888	$101,453	$24,044	2nd of 10
9	AccountingAbout 79 graduates a year	$67,665	$93,729	$25,000	2nd of 19
10	Business AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year	$63,285	$80,728	$26,633	2nd of 24
11	International BusinessAbout 8 graduates a year	$59,255	$87,599	$24,990	2nd of 4
12	Real EstateAbout 57 graduates a year	$58,246	$104,942	$19,500	2nd of 3
13	Human ResourcesAbout 18 graduates a year	$54,242	$68,691	Not reported	3rd of 5
14	MarketingAbout 117 graduates a year	$53,415	$81,846	$26,000	2nd of 13
15	Business EconomicsAbout 23 graduates a year	$53,345	$98,943	$24,500	2nd of 2
16	MathematicsAbout 14 graduates a year	$47,141	$76,783	$20,500	8th of 9
17	EconomicsAbout 31 graduates a year	$46,400	$76,816	$23,718	7th of 9
18	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$45,974	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 13
19	Teacher EducationAbout 52 graduates a year	$45,806	$52,402	$23,250	5th of 19
20	International RelationsAbout 30 graduates a year	$43,290	Not reported	$20,750	1st of 2
21	Romance LanguagesAbout 33 graduates a year	$41,033	$58,023	$19,500	4th of 9
22	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 91 graduates a year	$40,583	$64,008	$25,000	2nd of 2
23	Business CommunicationAbout 46 graduates a year	$39,816	Not reported	$24,187	2nd of 2
24	JournalismAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,700	$65,829	$26,000	2nd of 3
25	Political ScienceAbout 96 graduates a year	$38,225	$70,053	$22,500	6th of 10
26	Social WorkAbout 22 graduates a year	$37,494	$51,997	$19,500	10th of 10
27	HistoryAbout 38 graduates a year	$36,907	$53,955	$19,500	2nd of 10
28	CommunicationsAbout 29 graduates a year	$36,443	$53,089	$23,531	13th of 15
29	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaGraduates a year not reported	$35,720	$53,311	Not reported	1st of 2
30	CriminologyAbout 73 graduates a year	$35,650	$58,887	$25,000	5th of 5
31	PsychologyAbout 148 graduates a year	$35,076	$58,921	$24,891	12th of 22
32	Physiology and PathologyAbout 87 graduates a year	$31,173	$66,918	$27,000	2nd of 2
33	BiologyAbout 221 graduates a year	$28,555	$78,304	$25,296	18th of 20

Program names link to the program's own page, and Wisconsin ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Wisconsin programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$81,797
Nursing$74,574
Biomedical Engineering$73,526
Mechanical Engineering$73,049
Computer and Information Science$70,530

Lowest median debt

Real Estate$19,500
Romance Languages$19,500
Social Work$19,500
History$19,500
Mathematics$20,500

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 221 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 163 graduates a year
NursingAbout 160 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 148 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 117 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $81,797 in their first year, the most of 33 Marquette University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 Wisconsin rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels