If you pursue a degree in marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Marketing Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 703 degrees in marketing to qualified students.
Your choice of marketing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Marketing Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the marketing degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marketing. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 106 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing major at University of Connecticut earn $5,332 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
It's hard to beat Fairfield University if you want to pursue a degree in marketing. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #163 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 148 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Fairfield University receive $3,261 more than the average marketing grad.
It is hard to beat Sacred Heart University if you want to pursue a degree in marketing. Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. This university ranks 9th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 106 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the marketing program make around $44,903 in their early career salary.
Any student who is interested in marketing needs to check out Quinnipiac University. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #488 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were roughly 100 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #678 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CCSU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 68 marketing students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the marketing program make an average of $41,280 for their early career.
Post University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury. This university ranks 14th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 47 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Post University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program report average early career earnings of $36,914.
Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 8th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 17 marketing students who graduated with this degree at University of New Haven in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, marketing degree recipients typically make an average of $37,951 in their early careers.
Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 51 marketing students who graduated with this degree at WestConn in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program report average early career wages of $40,029.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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