Marketing at Portland State University

If you plan to study marketing, take a look at what Portland State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year.

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

Portland State University Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Portland State University Marketing Rankings

The marketing major at Portland State University 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.

Marketing Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	69
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Concentrations Within Marketing

Marketing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Portland State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	222

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business

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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	7,240	$72,170
Sales Managers	5,840	$126,340
Marketing Managers	4,500	$116,020
Business Professors	760	$98,510
Advertising and Promotions Managers	330	$105,200

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.