If you pursue a degree in marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for marketing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,446 degrees in marketing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of marketing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the marketing degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat University of Arizona if you want to pursue a degree in marketing. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 214 marketing students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the marketing program make an average of $46,774 in the first couple years of their career.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marketing. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 368 marketing students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program state that they receive average early career wages of $44,936.
Every student pursuing a degree in marketing has to take a look at Northern Arizona University. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 141 marketing students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the marketing program make an average of $41,511 in their early career salary.
Grand Canyon University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in marketing. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 227 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year. After graduation, marketing degree recipients generally make about $47,831 in their early careers.
UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #113 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UOPX - Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 401 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UOPX - Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program report average early career wages of $46,826.
Located in the city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 9th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 10 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Mesa Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 29 marketing students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program report average early career earnings of $44,936.
Located in the large city of Phoenix, Phoenix College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 16th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 17 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Phoenix College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Glendale, Glendale Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 18th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 7 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Glendale Community College in the most recent data year.
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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