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2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
82 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marketing is the 16th most popular major in the country with 52,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marketing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marketing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree marketing students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing in the Plains States Region

#1

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marketing at Lindenwood University

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Marketing at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#4

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #4 spot on the list. Walden University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 30 masters’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walden University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Webster is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500.

Read more about Marketing at Webster University

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

With a ranking of #6, Capella University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree marketing students list, Capella University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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