Ranked #17 in popularity, marketing is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 616 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marketing Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 52,078 degrees in marketing to qualified students.
The marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marketing rankings. For our Best Overall Marketing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Marketing Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of marketing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in marketing. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 126 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Pennsylvania make $86,904 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in marketing. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 244 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
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Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in marketing. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 79 marketing students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from Washington University in St Louis receive an earnings boost of approximately $23,347 above the average earnings of marketing graduates.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in marketing. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. This university ranks 1st out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 279 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison receive $25,271 more than the typical marketing grad.
UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. This university ranks 1st out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 224 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities make $12,137 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 213 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign make $21,811 above the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station. This university ranks 1st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 237 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing degree program at Texas A&M University - College Station make $8,276 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 79 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from Georgetown University receive an earnings boost of approximately $27,347 above the average income of marketing graduates.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 81 marketing students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing major at University of Southern California get $68,844 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were about 87 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from University of Notre Dame get an earnings boost of about $16,434 above the average income of marketing majors.
Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 148 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing degree program at Fairfield University make $6,419 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 122 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing program at Boston College make $18,755 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 137 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from Tulane University of Louisiana receive an earnings boost of about $13,941 over the average earnings of marketing graduates.
Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 151 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing major at Boston University get $13,664 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the city of Waltham, Bentley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 122 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from Bentley University make $12,975 more than the average marketing grad.
Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 288 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Michigan State University make $16,243 more than the standard marketing student.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 79 marketing students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from George Washington University receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,361 above the typical earnings of marketing majors.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 167 marketing students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from Saint Joseph's University earn $3,446 more than the standard marketing student.
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Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 252 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing degree program at University of Maryland - College Park earn $14,106 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 405 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Ohio State University - Main Campus make $8,993 more than the standard marketing graduate.
UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. This university ranks 2nd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 148 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing degree program at University of St Thomas Minnesota make $3,091 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 82 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from Villanova University earn $22,161 more than the average marketing graduate.
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Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bethlehem. This university ranks 4th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 54 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from Lehigh University earn $7,764 more than the standard marketing grad.
Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 238 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Miami University - Oxford receive $11,571 more than the standard marketing student.
This list represents the rest of the schools awarded a Best Marketing Schools badge.
Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 20% of the 616 different United States marketing schools we analyzed.
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).
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The marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marketing rankings. For our Best Overall Marketing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
