Marketing at Kansas State University

What traits are you looking for in a marketing school? To help you decide if Kansas State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marketing program.

K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and has a total student population of 20,854. Of the 3,967 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 2021, 184 of them were marketing majors.

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

K -State Marketing Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Marketing (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

K -State Marketing Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marketing major at K -State 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
	168
Best Value Marketing Schools	301

Earnings of K -State Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at K -State is $44,778. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $41,682 for all marketing bachelor's degree recipients.

Marketing Student Demographics at K -State

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

K -State Marketing Bachelor’s Program

The marketing program at K -State awarded 184 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at K -State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at K -State 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 Kansas State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	149
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• General Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems

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 KS, the home state for Kansas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6,010	$64,910
Sales Managers	2,820	$147,230
Marketing Managers	1,640	$142,740
Business Professors	570	$90,730
Survey Researchers	130	$51,640

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 Kzollman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.