2024 Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your associate degree in marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #64 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 associate degrees in marketing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 associate 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 associate 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 associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Marketing in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in marketing.

Top Washington Schools for an Associate in Marketing

1

Columbia Basin College
Pasco, WA

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in marketing needs to look into Columbia Basin College. CBC is a medium-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Pasco.More information about a associate in marketing from Columbia Basin College

2

Spokane Community College
Spokane, WA

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in marketing needs to take a look at Spokane Community College. Located in the city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in marketing from Spokane Community College

Best Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	192	17
Oregon	147	16
Hawaii	59	6

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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	109
Digital Marketing	3

Majors Similar to Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	1,728
Business Administration & Management	589
Accounting	417
Business Support & Assistant Services	70
Construction Management	27
Hospitality Management	17
Human Resource Management	17
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	9
General Sales & Marketing	4
International Business	3

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.