2025 Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #64 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 associate degrees in marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 associate 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 much debt marketing students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marketing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Marketing Schools

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

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Marketing in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in marketing.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Marketing

1

Houston Community College
Houston, TX

18 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Houston Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in marketing. Located in the city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in marketing from Houston Community College

2

Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK

17 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in marketing has to check out Tulsa Community College. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Tulsa.More information about a associate in marketing from Tulsa Community College

Best Marketing Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	200	60
Arizona	169	29
Oklahoma	136	33

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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	106
International Marketing	7
Digital Marketing	4
Other Marketing	4

Majors Similar to Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	8,726
General Business/Commerce	3,842
Accounting	746
Business Support & Assistant Services	299
Human Resource Management	174
Hospitality Management	165
Real Estate	136
Management Information Systems	135
Construction Management	53
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	43

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.