2025 Best Marketing Schools in the Plains States Region
67Colleges in the Plains States Region
4,221Marketing Degrees Awarded
$47,472Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #17 in popularity, marketing is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 67 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for marketing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,221 degrees in marketing to qualified students.
The marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marketing rankings. For our Best Overall Marketing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Marketing in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of marketing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in marketing. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 marketing students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available. Marketing degree recipients from Washington University in St Louis earn a boost of around $23,347 above the typical income of marketing graduates.
It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in marketing. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were approximately 224 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities get $12,137 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in marketing. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 148 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing degree program at University of St Thomas Minnesota make $3,091 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marketing. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 269 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Iowa get $5,423 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 300 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the marketing program make about $48,304 in their early career salary.
Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 210 marketing students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year. Marketing degree recipients from Kansas State University get an earnings boost of about $2,996 over the average earnings of marketing graduates.
Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 152 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available. Those marketing students who get their degree from University of Nebraska - Lincoln earn $3,882 more than the average marketing student.
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UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #270 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the marketing program make about $48,990 in the first couple years of working.
Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 75 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Creighton University make $9,169 more than the typical marketing grad.
Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 122 marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the marketing program at University of Minnesota - Duluth get $6,328 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #243 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SLU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 marketing students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the marketing program report average early career earnings of $42,729.
Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 178 marketing students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, marketing degree recipients generally earn about $48,204 in their early careers.
Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines. This university ranks 5th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 60 marketing students who graduated with this degree at Drake in the most recent data year. Those marketing students who get their degree from Drake University make $4,496 more than the typical marketing student.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Marketing Schools in the Plains States Region award.
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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The marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marketing rankings. For our Best Overall Marketing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
