Program Payoff

Marketing programs in Washington

28 schools in Washington teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $29,685 at Skagit Valley College.

What this work pays in Washington

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Washington earn a median of $95,120 a year across 24,460 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Washington
Web and Digital Interface Designers$130,48011,580
Sales Managers$174,00010,030
Marketing Managers$172,2708,880
Fundraisers$79,0003,870
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$100,3901,190

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon Associate's degree $29,685 (12 grads) 11
Columbia Basin College Pasco Associate's degree $27,476 (11 grads) 13
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane Associate's degree $14,750 not published 26
Bates Technical College Tacoma Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Bates Technical College Tacoma Associate's degree not published 3
Bellevue College Bellevue Undergraduate certificate not published 25
Bellevue College Bellevue Associate's degree not published 11
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham Undergraduate certificate not published 24
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham Associate's degree not published 14
Centralia College Centralia Associate's degree not published 0
Columbia Basin College Pasco Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Edmonds College Lynnwood Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Green River College Auburn Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Green River College Auburn Associate's degree not published 22
Highline College Des Moines Undergraduate certificate not published 1
North Seattle College Seattle Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Pierce College District Lakewood Undergraduate certificate not published 11
Shoreline College Shoreline Undergraduate certificate not published 6
Shoreline College Shoreline Associate's degree not published 2
Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Spokane Community College Spokane Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Spokane Community College Spokane Associate's degree not published 10
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla Associate's degree not published
Walla Walla University College Place Undergraduate certificate not published
Washington State University Pullman Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Yakima Valley College Yakima Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Yakima Valley College Yakima Associate's degree not published 1

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.