Marketing at Georgia Southwestern State University

If you are interested in studying marketing, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Southwestern State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in marketing from GSW.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

GSW Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

GSW does offer online education options in marketing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSW Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marketing programs across the country. The following shows how GSW performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marketing major at GSW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marketing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	462
Best Marketing Schools	496
Most Popular Marketing Schools	541

Earnings of GSW Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSW is $32,685. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,682 for all marketing students.

Marketing Student Demographics at GSW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marketing majors at Georgia Southwestern State University.

GSW Marketing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from GSW. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at GSW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSW also has a doctoral program available in marketing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,460	$67,080
Sales Managers	14,890	$140,820
Marketing Managers	7,890	$143,660
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Advertising and Promotions Managers	610	$146,390

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.