Business, Management & Marketing at Jackson State University

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

Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and approximately 6,921 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 113 students received a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing from Jackson State.

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

Jackson State Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Jackson State Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business, management and marketing programs across the country. The following shows how Jackson State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business, management and marketing major at Jackson State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & 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 Focused Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools	163
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	645
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools	720
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	727
	1,046
	1,060
Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	1,081
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,115
Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	1,537

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from Jackson State. This makes it the #729 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at Jackson State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at Jackson State University.

Jackson State Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of business, management and marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business, management and marketing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	95
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Jackson State Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students earned a master's degree in business, management and marketing from Jackson State. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men.

In the business, management and marketing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 90% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Jackson State University with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Jackson State also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management and marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Jackson State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	86
Accounting	45
Finance & Financial Management	14
Entrepreneurial Studies	8
Marketing	5
Business/Managerial Economics	1

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and 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 MS, the home state for Jackson State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	22,230	$32,160
Customer Service Representatives	17,640	$28,210
Office Clerks	16,070	$28,290
Retail Sales Supervisors	13,030	$37,710

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 Comingdeer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.