Marketing at Buena Vista University

If you plan to study marketing, take a look at what Buena Vista University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in marketing from BVU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

BVU Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

BVU Marketing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marketing progam at BVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marketing major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marketing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	339
	342
	381
	404
	457
	512
	543
	575
	608
	722

How Much Do Marketing Graduates from BVU Make?

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at BVU is $38,530. This is less than $41,682, which is the national average of all marketing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Marketing Student Demographics at BVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marketing majors at Buena Vista University.

BVU Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 marketing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from BVU, about 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at BVU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at BVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

BVU also has a doctoral program available in marketing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Marketing

Marketing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	13

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Accounting

Careers That Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,970	$59,270
Sales Managers	3,200	$117,170
Marketing Managers	2,470	$109,450
Business Professors	1,110	$114,450
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.