
Marian University's reported four-year graduation rate is 30%, while its six-year rate is 44%. These measures describe the share of a defined entering cohort that completed a bachelor's degree within each time period; they are not the completion rate of every student who has attended Marian.
The six-year figure is below the reported national and Wisconsin comparison averages in the same data. Marian's reported first-year retention rate is 67%, meaning roughly two-thirds of the measured first-time cohort returned for the following year. Retention and graduation measure different stages of a student's path.
These figures are most useful as planning context for first-time, full-time bachelor's students. Transfer students, part-time students, and students in graduate programs may follow different timelines. Applicants to majors with clinical placements, prerequisite sequences, or limited course rotation should ask for a sample degree plan showing when required courses are offered.
Available College Scorecard field-of-study figures describe median earnings approximately one year after completion for measured, federally aided completers in particular programs. They are not starting-salary offers, predictions for an individual student, or figures for every Marian graduate.
For example, the reported one-year median is $59,589 for registered nursing and related nursing studies, compared with $47,162 for business administration and management. The reported figures are $37,825 for psychology and $37,575 for social work. Differences can reflect occupation, further study, location, work hours, and which graduates have earnings in the underlying records; they should not be interpreted as the effect of a major alone.
Marian reports career support that includes individual counseling, résumé preparation, interview practice, job-search resources, employer recruitment, career events, and alumni networking. Those services can support a job search, but their availability is not an employment-outcome measure. Students comparing programs should consider likely credential requirements and borrowing alongside early earnings.
Degrees
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$52,062Business Administration, Management and Operations
$47,162Criminal Justice and Corrections
$37,782Psychology, General
$37,825Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$59,589Social Work
$37,575Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
$31,194BACHELOR’S Degree
Health Professions and Related Programs
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
Education
Public Administration and Social Service Professions
Psychology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Mathematics and Statistics
MASTER’S Degree
Health Professions and Related Programs
Education
Psychology
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
DOCTOR’S Degree
Education
Data last updated on November 5, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.