Marketing at Murray State University

Every marketing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the marketing program at Murray State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 marketing majors received their bachelor's degree from Murray State.

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

Murray State Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

Murray State Marketing Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marketing major at Murray State 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
	317
	465
	482
	605
	608
	654
	706
	824

Earnings of Murray State Marketing Graduates

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Murray State is $32,374. 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 Murray State

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

Murray State Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Murray State since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at Murray State 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in marketing.

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

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

Concentrations Within Marketing

If you plan to be a marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Murray State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	23

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,650	$58,190
Sales Managers	3,310	$121,260
Marketing Managers	1,720	$116,140
Business Professors	630	$85,970
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$99,080

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.