Marketing at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020. Of the 626 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 2021, 21 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.

Virginia State Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Virginia State Marketing Rankings

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

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 Virginia 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 Focused Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	230
Most Focused Marketing Schools	261
Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	428
Most Popular Marketing Schools	491
Best Marketing Schools	765

Earnings of Virginia State Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia State is $34,290. This is less than $41,682, which is the national average of all marketing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Marketing Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Marketing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 marketing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Virginia State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• Business Administration & 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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,130	$75,050
Sales Managers	5,790	$170,760
Marketing Managers	4,980	$171,870
Survey Researchers	330	$59,410

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.