Business/Corporate Communications at Marquette University

If you plan to study business/corporate communications, take a look at what Marquette University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,550. Of the 797 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2021, 46 of them were business/corporate communications majors.

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

Marquette Business/Corporate Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Communications
• Master’s Degree in Business Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Marquette

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Marquette does offer online education options in business communications for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Marquette Business/Corporate Communications Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business communications progam at Marquette 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 business communications major at Marquette is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business/Corporate Communications. 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
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	9
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In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in business communications from Marquette. This makes it the #3 most popular school for business communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Marquette Business Communications Graduates

The median salary of business communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marquette is $50,055. This is 30% higher than $38,394, which is the national average for all business communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Communications Student Demographics at Marquette

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business communications majors at Marquette University.

Marquette Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business communications from Marquette in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical business communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business communications at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in business communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marquette Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in business communications from Marquette. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

Of the students who received a business communications master's degree from Marquette, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Marquette University with a master's in business communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Business/Corporate Communications

The following business communications concentations are available at Marquette University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Marquette University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business/Corporate Communications	55

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

Careers That Business Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in business communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290
Technical Writers	760	$59,480
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.