2024 Best Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Marketing isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #167 in popularity out of 306 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for marketing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3 doctor's degrees in marketing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor'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 schools for marketing students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Marketing in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in marketing.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Marketing

1

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

1 Annual Graduates

Saint Louis University is a good option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in marketing. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in marketing from Saint Louis University

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

2 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in marketing needs to take a look at Capella University. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in marketing from Capella University

 

Best Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best marketing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	1
Minnesota	120	2
Nebraska	70	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Marketing

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Marketing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2
International Marketing	1

Majors Similar to Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	533
Human Resource Management	22
Finance & Financial Management	12
Accounting	9
Management Information Systems	7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	7
Other Business, Management & Marketing	7
General Business/Commerce	5
Hospitality Management	3
Entrepreneurial Studies	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.