2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 52,262 people earned their degree in marketing, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,323 and had an average of $24,975 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 4,580 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,773 and $23,206 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marketing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The marketing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s marketing degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

Read more about Marketing at Capella University

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s marketing degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNL Marketing Report

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 3 doctorate’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU also made our “Best Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marketing at SLU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

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