Marketing at Nazareth University

Starting salaries near $40,000 land Nazareth's marketing graduates below both state and national medians—ranking at the 40th percentile among New York programs and just the 21st percentile nationally. For context, marketing majors at Syracuse and Fordham earn $15,000-18,000 more right out of school, while even mid-tier programs like Siena and Pace produce first-year earnings approaching $49,000. When you're investing roughly $26,000 in student debt (based on what similar New York programs typically incur), starting at under $40,000 creates a tighter financial margin than many peer institutions.

The 8% earnings growth to year four is modest—wages climb to only $43,000, which barely keeps pace with the state median for marketing grads. Comparable programs in New York generally see stronger salary progression, suggesting Nazareth's career outcomes lag behind competitors. The debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.65 isn't catastrophic, but it means your graduate will owe more than seven months of their annual salary before taxes, limiting flexibility for major purchases or career changes in those crucial early years.

If your child has options at programs with stronger placement records—particularly those approaching the state median—the better early earnings typically justify similar debt loads. Nazareth's 80% admission rate suggests this might be serving as a safety school for many students, but in marketing, where internships and employer connections drive outcomes, you want to see stronger post-graduation results to offset that borrowing.