2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

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Marketing Research is the 837th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 105 marketing research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 marketing research graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Marketing Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in marketing research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marketing research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marketing research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Marketing Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marketing Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marketing Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marketing research degrees to 70 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Marketing Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read full report on Marketing Research at Michigan State

#2

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Marketing Research Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SIUE is a fairly large public school situated in Edwardsville, Illinois. It awarded 18 masters’s marketing research degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Marketing Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are $9,300, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing Research (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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