Bachelor's · Duluth, Minnesota
Is Marketing at The College of Saint Scholastica worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,112
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,368
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $114k (likely $114k – $128k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.4 years (likely 4.4–10.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$50k (likely −$173k – $103k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $306k (likely $22k – $645k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 67%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at The College of Saint Scholastica
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$129,745
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$106,676
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$91,444
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$85,824
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$84,290
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$82,175
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$77,139
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$74,867
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (Bachelor's)$74,020
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$71,540
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$69,762
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate certificate)$69,066
Marketing at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$86,246
- Capella University$80,588
- University of St Thomas$77,870
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$76,285
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$76,183
- Saint Cloud State University$74,847
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$74,079
- Winona State University$70,203
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$68,772
- Augsburg University$68,757