Marketing at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying marketing, you may want to check out the program at University of Rhode Island. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in marketing from URI.

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

URI Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing

URI Marketing Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marketing major at URI 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
	173
	236
	424
	470
	479
	566
	569
	747

How Much Do Marketing Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $42,261. This is 1% higher than $41,682, which is the national average for all marketing bachelor's degree recipients.

Marketing Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in marketing from URI in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marketing at URI 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 University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's in marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	71
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

URI 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	89

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,060	$72,180
Sales Managers	740	$161,970
Marketing Managers	670	$159,400
Business Professors	400	$127,400
Advertising and Promotions Managers	70	$118,380

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.