Which Kansas marketing program has the lowest debt?

Wichita State reports the lowest median federal debt, $20,250, with first-year pay of $39,512.

How much do marketing graduates earn in Kansas?

The median across 8 Kansas marketing bachelor's programs is $45,010 in the first year after graduating and $61,229 five years after.

How many marketing bachelor's programs are in Kansas?

8 Kansas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

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

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

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Kansas marketing bachelor's program pays its graduates $45,010 in their first year, $443 more than the national median. Kansas State reports the highest first-year pay ($50,468), and Wichita State the lowest median debt ($20,250).

Median first-year pay$45,010National $44,567

Median pay after 5 years$61,229National $64,125

Median federal debt$25,351National $24,250

Debt-to-earnings55%National 53%

All 8 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	Kansas StateManhattan · public	$50,468	$72,115	$25,000	50%
2	University of KansasLawrence · public	$48,204	$83,828	$21,893	45%
3	Washburn UniversityTopeka · public	$47,963	$61,715	$27,000	56%
4	Fort Hays StateHays · public	$45,619	$60,743	$31,000	68%
5	Pittsburg StatePittsburg · public	$44,401	$58,292	$23,994	54%
6	Benedictine CollegeAtchison · private nonprofit	$42,772	Not reported	$25,701	60%
7	Emporia StateEmporia · public	$40,830	Not reported	$27,000	66%
8	Wichita StateWichita · public	$39,512	$44,929	$20,250	51%

Debt and first-year pay at every Kansas marketing program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Kansas medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"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

$70,430

Median pay in Kansas. 8,090 people work in this job in Kansas. 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%: $38,540Top 10%: $128,650

Sales Managers

$159,990

Median pay in Kansas. 6,820 people work in this job in Kansas. 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%: $91,530Top 10%: $249,990

Marketing Managers

$154,510

Median pay in Kansas. 1,570 people work in this job in Kansas. 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%: $97,870Top 10%: $243,790

Web and Digital Interface Designers

$70,620

Median pay in Kansas. 200 people work in this job in Kansas. 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%: $44,520Top 10%: $114,190

Common questions

Kansas State in Manhattan reports the highest median first-year pay, $50,468. Its median federal debt is $25,000.

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 Kansas 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