Marketing:

Learn More About the Marketing Degree Program

Associate Degree in Marketing

If you’re self-motivated, disciplined and creative - and you have a strong desire to work in the business world, this program could be just the thing for you!

You can combine your skills and your goals in a career that’s exciting and rewarding. Start right away at Middlesex Community College with an Associate Degree in Marketing. Our program will give you a competitive edge for your future employment in a variety of jobs.

The Program

This track gives you a broad education in the liberal arts, as well as the skills necessary to pursue a career in retail or wholesale merchandising upon graduation. Students who have completed this program may seek immediate employment or may transfer to a four-year school.

Academic Requirements

The Associate Degree in Marketing program at Middlesex Community College typically takes full-time students two years to complete.

The program curriculum is designed to provide a wide education in the liberal arts, as well as the skills necessary to pursue a career in retail or wholesale merchandising upon graduation. Students who have completed this program may seek immediate employment or may transfer their credits from MxCC to a four-year institution.

Jobs You Can Get With A Marketing Degree:

Students who graduate from MxCC with a Marketing degree can get any of the following jobs:

Work in a non-managerial positions at a marketing firm, involved with creating marketing material, preparing marketing campaigns. Positions may include Assistant Manager or Assistant director.
Work in a smaller organization that has it’s own marketing department creating internal publications, brochures, and other marketing material for the company.
A career in retail or wholesale merchandising.

How Long Will You Have To Go To School?

This is a 2-year associates degree program. A student who enters the program needing no remedial level courses and who attends full-time may finish the degree in two years. Many students go onto 4-year schools to study Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Customer Service, Product Selling, and Distribution.

Job Availability & Growth:

Varies according to the chosen field. Most careers are in the higher-level medical and health-related fields.

Salary Information:

Median annual earnings in May 2006 were $73,060 for advertising and promotions managers, $98,720 for marketing managers, $91,560 for sales managers, and $82,180 for public relations managers.
Median annual earnings of wage and salary advertising and promotions managers in May 2006 in the advertising and related services industry were $97,540.
Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of marketing managers were:
Computer systems design and related services $119,540
Management of companies and enterprises 103,070
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services 100,200
Architectural, engineering, and related services 92,480
Depository credit intermediation 91,420

According to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, starting salaries for marketing majors graduating in 2007 averaged $40,161 and those for advertising majors averaged $33,831.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos020.htm#earnings

For more information, contact:

Professor Donna Leonowich, Division Chairperson (dleonowich@mxcc.commnet.edu)
860.343.5762
Wheaton Hall, Room 313