Top Ranked Programs
Marquette University's program mix is anchored in Business, with meaningful concentrations in Business, Engineering, and Social Sciences — a portfolio shaped by the university's Jesuit professional-education identity in Milwaukee. The highest aggregate-return program is Biology, General, which combines strong cohort scale with competitive four-year earnings, making it a central driver of the institution's overall financial outcomes. Across 55 programs serving roughly 2,449 graduates annually, 32 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold among nonprofit four-year institutions. The strongest national rankings cluster in applied-business and finance-adjacent fields. Finance leads on earnings, with graduates earning median earnings of $97,719 four years after enrollment; Azimuth ranks the program #37 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, per the [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) methodology. Mechanical Engineering follows, with graduates earning median earnings of $93,764 and Azimuth ranking the program #129 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Biology, General and Nursing round out the high-earnings tier, with graduates earning median earnings of $88,921 and $88,069, respectively — both reflecting the institution's depth in professional and quantitative business disciplines. The most popular programs by graduate volume — Biology, General, Finance, and Nursing — enroll the largest cohorts and feed directly into Milwaukee's finance, healthcare, and professional-services labor markets. These are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly and four-year earnings reflect real labor-market outcomes. Psychology, General and Digital Marketing serve students on more varied trajectories, including some who continue to graduate or professional study, where four-year earnings undercount longer-run financial outcomes. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) framework provides context for how Marquette University's dominant program families align with national labor-market demand.