Which Indiana marketing program has the lowest debt?

Notre Dame reports the lowest median federal debt, $19,000, with first-year pay of $63,906.

How much do marketing graduates earn in Indiana?

The median across 16 Indiana marketing bachelor's programs is $44,919 in the first year after graduating and $61,078 five years after.

How many marketing bachelor's programs are in Indiana?

16 Indiana programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 15 of them also report federal debt.

Marketing (Bachelor's) Programs in Indiana, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

16 programs report first-year pay
15 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Marketing

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Indiana marketing bachelor's program pays its graduates $44,919 in their first year, $352 more than the national median. Notre Dame reports the highest first-year pay ($63,906), and Notre Dame the lowest median debt ($19,000).

Median first-year pay$44,919National $44,567

Median pay after 5 years$61,078National $64,125

Median federal debt$25,250National $24,250

Debt-to-earnings53%National 53%

All 16 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Notre DameNotre Dame · private nonprofit	$63,906	$90,154	$19,000	30%
2	Butler UniversityIndianapolis · private nonprofit	$60,438	$71,635	$26,000	43%
3	PurdueWest Lafayette · public	$56,668	Not reported	$19,264	34%
4	Trine UniversityAngola · private nonprofit	$51,244	$61,108	Not reported	Not reported
5	Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion · private nonprofit	$50,703	$67,090	$27,000	53%
6	Taylor UniversityUpland · private nonprofit	$49,939	$61,048	$20,182	40%
7	Indiana StateTerre Haute · public	$49,556	$59,455	$26,000	52%
8	University of IndianapolisIndianapolis · private nonprofit	$45,095	$67,954	$22,312	49%
9	Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso · private nonprofit	$44,742	$67,494	$27,000	60%
10	Marian University (Indiana)Indianapolis · private nonprofit	$44,540	Not reported	$27,000	61%
11	Ball StateMuncie · public	$42,480	$60,408	$24,730	58%
12	Purdue NorthwestHammond · public	$41,942	Not reported	$25,437	61%
13	Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake · private nonprofit	$41,436	$51,513	$19,000	46%
14	University of Southern IndianaEvansville · public	$40,814	$57,391	$21,550	53%
15	Anderson University (Indiana)Anderson · private nonprofit	$39,577	$54,204	$27,000	68%
16	Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester · private nonprofit	$37,351	Not reported	$25,250	68%

Trine University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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 the 15 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$63,700

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $39,740Top 10%: $117,640

Sales Managers

$131,470

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $69,570Top 10%: $231,350

Marketing Managers

$136,260

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $82,380Top 10%: $233,460

Web and Digital Interface Designers

$63,430

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $37,960Top 10%: $114,390

Common questions

Notre Dame in Notre Dame reports the highest median first-year pay, $63,906. Its median federal debt is $19,000.

Marketing (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked471 programs by pay and debt

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.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the marketing bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024