2024 Best Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Marketing is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #167 out of the 306 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6 doctor's degrees in marketing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marketing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for marketing students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Marketing in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for marketing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Marketing

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

3 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in marketing. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in marketing from Northwestern University

2

Anderson University Indiana
Anderson, IN

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in marketing needs to look into Anderson University Indiana. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in marketing from Anderson University Indiana

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

1 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in marketing. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a doctorate in marketing from Michigan State University

 

Best Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best marketing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	3
Michigan	149	1
Indiana	132	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Marketing

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Marketing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	6

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	270
Human Resource Management	34
General Business/Commerce	27
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	20
Business/Managerial Economics	5
Accounting	4
Finance & Financial Management	4
Hospitality Management	4
Other Business, Management & Marketing	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson. More about our data sources and methodologies.