Rhode Island College Marketing (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Marketing
- Public college
- Providence, RI
- About 23 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Rhode Island College marketing graduates earn less than graduates of most marketing programs nationally, $36,474 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $19,500 in federal loans, less than at 84% of marketing programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Rhode Island median of $44,506.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Rhode Island and national columns are the medians across all marketing bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Rhode Island College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $19,768 less than the Rhode Island median. Several Rhode Island programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Rhode Island marketing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Rhode Island 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 57% 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 $9,676 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $207 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
85% of graduates (64 of 75) were working in Rhode Island one year after graduating. Prices in the Providence area are about 2% above the national average, so a $36,474 salary here buys what about $35,839 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
$86,240Median pay in Rhode Island. 3,210 people work in this job in Rhode Island. 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
$154,970Median pay in Rhode Island. 1,120 people work in this job in Rhode Island. 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
$166,790Median pay nationwide. 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
$105,990Median pay in Rhode Island. 240 people work in this job in Rhode Island. 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 Rhode Island College
Marketing ranks 17th of 31 bachelor's programs at Rhode Island College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($73,235), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($60,999), and Computer Science ($60,361).
Other marketing bachelor's programs near Providence
Common questions
The median graduate earns $36,474 one year after graduating and $57,338 five years after. The median across marketing bachelor's programs in Rhode Island is $44,506.
The median federal loan balance is $19,500, which ranks the lowest of 7 marketing bachelor's programs in Rhode Island. That works out to about $207 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 Rhode Island programs before deciding.
Most do. 85% (64 of 75) were working in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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