Marketing at McKendree University

What traits are you looking for in a marketing school? To help you decide if McKendree University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marketing program.

McKendree is located in Lebanon, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,200. Of the 169 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McKendree University in 2021, 24 of them were marketing majors.

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

McKendree Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at McKendree

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? McKendree offers distance education options for marketing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

McKendree Marketing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marketing progam at McKendree 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 McKendree 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
	20
	44
	131
	138
	164
	282
	384
	394
	442
	453
	489

How Much Do Marketing Graduates from McKendree Make?

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at McKendree is $39,694. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,682 for all marketing students.

Marketing Student Demographics at McKendree

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

McKendree Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing from McKendree in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at McKendree since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at McKendree 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 McKendree University with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Marketing

The following marketing concentations are available at McKendree University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at McKendree University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	24

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management

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 IL, the home state for McKendree University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	30,150	$61,670
Sales Managers	24,800	$131,400
Marketing Managers	20,760	$130,110
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560

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 Robert Lawton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.