Marketing at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 44 marketing majors received their bachelor's degree from Metro State.

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

Metro State Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at Metro State

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Metro State does offer online courses in marketing for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Metro State Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marketing programs across the country. The following shows how Metro State 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 Metro 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
Most Popular Online Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Popular Marketing Schools	307
Most Focused Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388

Earnings of Metro State Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $42,955. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $41,682 for all marketing bachelor's degree recipients.

Marketing Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 marketing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Metro State, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at Metro State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its marketing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	14,850	$74,300
Sales Managers	11,120	$132,420
Marketing Managers	8,390	$139,440
Business Professors	1,360	$105,380
Advertising and Promotions Managers	490	$133,480

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.