2025 Best Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

a master's degree in marketing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #54 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for marketing students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 32 master's degrees in marketing to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of marketing students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marketing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for marketing students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Marketing Schools

The marketing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Marketing in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in marketing.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Master's in Marketing

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

22 Annual Graduates

University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in marketing. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a master’s in marketing from University of Kentucky

2

Union College Kentucky
Barbourville, KY

10 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Union College Kentucky if you want to pursue a master's degree in marketing. Union College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Barbourville.More information about a master’s in marketing from Union College Kentucky

Best Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Marketing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	384
Georgia	190	57
Virginia	182	61
North Carolina	178	24
Tennessee	166	75
Alabama	151	137
Louisiana	147	0
South Carolina	146	1
Mississippi	145	0

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Marketing Related Rankings by Major

Marketing is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Marketing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	22
Other Marketing	10

Majors Similar to Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	1,452
Business Administration & Management	1,067
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	482
Accounting	115
Human Resource Management	43
Finance & Financial Management	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson. More about our data sources and methodologies.