Marketing at Valdosta State University

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

VSU is located in Valdosta, Georgia and has a total student population of 12,304. Of the 1,563 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State University in 2021, 58 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.

VSU Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

VSU Marketing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marketing progam at VSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 marketing major at VSU 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 Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Marketing Schools	250
Most Focused Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	358

Earnings of VSU Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at VSU is $31,630. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,682 for all marketing students.

Marketing Student Demographics at VSU

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

VSU Marketing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from VSU. About 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at VSU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Valdosta State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Accounting

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 Valdosta 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 Jadvii under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.