Online Marketing Master’s degree
34 programs — 10 with federal cost data, the rest suppressed for small class sizes and listed after them, ordered by median debt against median earnings — lowest first.
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Schools file the same degree under different federal codes — Berklee’s music production sits under “Music, Other”, Academy of Art’s under “Recording Arts”. These groups gather every code a program is actually filed under.
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Hide for-profit colleges(1 program)What our data shows about for-profit collegesAcross the creative fields on this site, students at private for-profit institutions borrow 27% more than students at public ones ($29,332 against $23,033) and earn 15% less four years after completing ($38,361 against $45,110).The combined effect is severe. Median debt at a for-profit equals 70% of a graduate’s annual earnings, against 47% at a public institution. And 10% of for-profit programs leave graduates owing more than they earn in a year — against 1% of public ones. Ten times the rate.This is a pattern across 212 for-profit programs, not a handful of outliers, and it holds in every creative field we cover. It does not mean no for-profit program is worth taking: some appear high in our best-value rankings, and this filter hides those too. It means the odds are materially worse, and the burden of proof sits with the school.Figures are medians computed from the College Scorecard and IPEDS data behind every table on this site.
| Institution | Programcredential and delivery | at completion | 4 yrs after | Median federal loan debt at completion, divided by median earnings four years later. It answers a single question: how much of one year’s income do you owe on the day you finish?Below 50% is generally considered manageable. Above 100% means graduates owe more than they earn in a year, and repayment on a standard ten-year plan starts to consume a serious share of income.Debt covers federal loans only, so real ratios are often worse. Both figures are medians — half of graduates fall on the wrong side of each. |
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| The University of AlabamaAL · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | $20,500 | $76,736 | 27% |
| Michigan State UniversityMI · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing ResearchThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | $30,719 | $100,453 | 31% |
| Texas A & M University-CommerceTX · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | $37,570 | $91,404 | 41% |
| Emerson CollegeMA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Online or on campusWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing, OtherThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | $41,000 | $93,412 | 44% |
| Boston UniversityMA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | International MarketingMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing, OtherThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | — | $103,316 | — |
| Hofstra UniversityNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing, OtherThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | — | $111,964 | — |
| La Salle UniversityPA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | — | $82,256 | — |
| Molloy CollegeNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | — | $66,163 | — |
| Nova Southeastern UniversityFL · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | $56,435 | — | — |
| Xavier UniversityOH · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | — | $120,626 | — |
| Aurora UniversityIL · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Digital MarketingThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Concordia University Ann ArborMI · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Elmhurst UniversityIL · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusNJ · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusNJ · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing, OtherThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Golden Gate UniversityCA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PoncePR · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:International MarketingThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| John Carroll UniversityOH · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Le Moyne CollegeNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Manhattanville CollegeNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| New York UniversityNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineOffers: Film and Television (Tisch) (BFA) · Game Design (Tisch Game Center) (BFA) · Integrated Design and Media (Tandon) (BS) · Computer Science (Tandon) (BS) · Computer Science (Tandon) (MS) | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Central CollegeIL · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Pace UniversityNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:International MarketingThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Regis UniversityCO · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Rivier UniversityNH · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Roberts Wesleyan UniversityNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Saint Peter's UniversityNJ · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully onlineWhat this figure actually coversThe federal government reports debt and earnings for a whole program family rather than one degree. At this institution that family also includes:Marketing ResearchThe figures on this row describe all of them together. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Seton Hall UniversityNJ · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| St. John's University-New YorkNY · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Tiffin UniversityOH · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| University of HoustonTX · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| University of KentuckyKY · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Webster UniversityMO · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| West Texas A & M UniversityTX · PublicRequest information → | Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
Source: College Scorecard, Field of Study (retrieved September 2026)
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One thing these figures cannot tell you
Earnings and debt are reported by the federal government at a four-digit program level, so a figure shown against “Marketing” covers every related program at that institution rather than one named degree. That pooling also spans delivery: where a school runs the same credential both online and on campus, the federal figures combine both sets of students. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. Full methodology.