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EIU's Marketing major prepares students to develop products, set prices, communicate brand value, and get products where customers want them. With a 100% graduate placement rate and coursework in consumer behavior, marketing research, and strategy, students build real analytical and persuasive skills, backed by the American Marketing Association chapter, internships, and study abroad opportunities.

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Degree Level
Bachelor of Science in Business
Delivery
In Person
Time to Degree
8 Semesters
Credit Hours
120 Total, 77 in Major
Careers
Advertising, Managers

Why Study Marketing at EIU?

  • 100% of Marketing graduates from the class of 2018 were placed in careers or graduate programs — a concrete, real number, not a vague promise.
  • The School of Business carries accreditation from the premier global accrediting body for business schools — a meaningful quality signal to employers.
  • The curriculum explicitly develops analytical thinking, data interpretation, research skills, and presentation ability — not just marketing theory.
  • Every marketing and business class is taught by faculty members using collaborative, project-based teaching methods.
  • Whether you're creative, analytical, people-oriented, or a natural planner, the program is explicitly designed around the traits that actually drive marketing success.
"I chose to attend EIU because as soon as I stepped foot on campus, I knew it was the place I wanted to call my home for the next four years. I absolutely love the tight knit community and the relationships I get to create with professors and peers in my classes. I instantly felt a sense of belonging when I stepped on campus for the first time, and I have never looked back."
Abigail Reinl
Marketing | Class of 2027
Abigail Reinl, Marketing at EIU

Hands-On Experience

  • Students get real professional networking, career insight, and direct interaction with faculty and marketing practitioners through EIU's own AMA chapter.
  • MAR 4275 lets students apply coursework in a real workplace setting, counted directly as elective credit.
  • MAR 3970 gives students the opportunity to gain global marketing experience as part of their degree, not as an extracurricular add-on.
  • Strategy and Policy (BUS 4360) has students pull together everything they've learned — marketing, finance, operations — into real strategic decision-making, alongside a required Senior Seminar.
  • Marketing Research and Consumer Behavior courses apply real research methods to understand and influence actual buying decisions, not just textbook case studies.
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Hands-On Experience, Marketing students at EIU

What You'll Learn

The B.S. in Marketing prepares you to determine what products a business offers, communicate information about them, price them and make them available where and when customers want them. It fits students who are creative, enjoy working with people, can analyze information and work well on a team.

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$62,994
Median Salary 4 Years After Graduation

Career Outcomes

  • Advertising & Promotions Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Sales Managers
  • Fundraising Managers
  • Fundraisers
  • Market Research Analysts & Marketing…
  • Search Marketing Strategists
  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Career Insights

Job Outlook ★ Bright Outlook Grow Rapidly · Openings
Preparation Needed Considerable (4/5)
Personality Fit Enterprising

Connect With Us

Ayse Costello
Professor
aicostello@eiu.edu
3008 Lumpkin Hall
217-581-8524
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Austin Cheney
Dean, Lumpkin College of Business and Technology
acheney@eiu.edu
4801
217-581-3526
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Billy Panther
Head of Panther Pride
Old Main
217-581-2223
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