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2021 Best Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

70 Colleges
8,503 Bachelor's Degrees
$31,683 Avg Cost*

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Best Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

For this year's Best Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 70 colleges that offer a bachelor's in marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marketing programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marketing program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional marketing students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.

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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list.

About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. There are roughly 6,517 part time students in attendance at Michigan State.

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Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH

The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Xavier University. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Xavier has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 2,392 students at Xavier that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,248 part time students in attendance at Xavier.

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DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Our rankings recognize DePaul University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list.

The student loan default rate at DePaul is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,996 students take at least one class online at DePaul. 3,547 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Miami University - Oxford as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford. Miami University - Oxford also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. About 1,700 of the students at Miami University - Oxford are attending part time.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best marketing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UC also did well on our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

About 1.7% of UC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. 10,255 of UC students are attending part time.

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Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best marketing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Marquette also made our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 2,535 students take at least one class online at Marquette. About 1,342 of the students at Marquette are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Toledo as the #9 school in this year's rankings. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the city of Toledo.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. Approximately 8,626 students take at least one class online at University of Toledo. 3,535 of University of Toledo students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Loyola University Chicago as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. Loyola Chicago excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Marketing in the Great Lakes Region list.

About 0.6% of Loyola Chicago students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,319 students at Loyola Chicago that take at least one class online. 2,121 of Loyola Chicago students are attending part time.

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Honorable Mentions

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 Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI
12 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
13 University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Whitewater, WI
14 Lakeland University Plymouth, WI

Best for Non-Traditional Students Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students marketing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,840
Ohio 3,004
Illinois 1,697
Indiana 706
Wisconsin 1,380

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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