Best programs to become a marketing manager in Colorado
13 Colorado schools offer programs that train marketing managers, graduating 567 people a year. Marketing managers in Colorado earn a median of $182,730 across about 6,010 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
BLS lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for marketing managers. It also expects 5 years or more of related work experience. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Colorado are Marketing, as well as Apparel and Textile Marketing Management (IPEDS completions).
Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers.
4 programs in Colorado that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Colorado (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Colorado page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marketing/Marketing Management, Generalmain feeder CIP 52.1401In Colorado → | 491 | 86.6% | 12 | $44,670 | $24,250 |
| 2 | CIP 19.0905In Colorado → | 70 | 12.3% | 1 | $36,635 | $24,750 |
| 3 | Marketing, Othermain feeder CIP 52.1499In Colorado → | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | $44,670 | $24,250 |
| 4 | Digital Marketingmain feeder CIP 52.1404In Colorado → | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | $44,670 | $24,250 |
Top 13 schools in Colorado
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 13 schools in this state.
All 13 schools in Colorado
Every school in Colorado with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Global | Denver | Public | 172 | 1 |
| University of Denver | Denver | Private not-for-profit | 118 | 1 |
| Colorado State University - Fort Collins | Fort Collins | Public | 92 | 2 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | Denver | Public | 71 | 1 |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | Denver | Public | 42 | 1 |
| Pickens Technical College | Aurora | Public | 21 | 1 |
| Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo | Public | 15 | 1 |
| Regis University | Denver | Private not-for-profit | 15 | 1 |
| Fort Lewis College | Durango | Public | 12 | 2 |
| Colorado Christian University | Lakewood | Private not-for-profit | 5 | 1 |
| Colorado Mountain College | Glenwood Springs | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Aims Community College | Greeley | Public | 1 | 1 |
| Western Colorado University | Gunnison | Public | 1 | 1 |
Fields of study in Colorado that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
What marketing managers earn in Colorado
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $166,790. Colorado pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Colorado
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Marketing Managers page.
How to become a marketing manager
- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Colorado
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Marketing Managers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 19.0203Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
- 19.0905Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
- 51.2011Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management
- 52.1401Marketing/Marketing Management, General
- 52.1402Marketing Research
- 52.1403International Marketing
- 52.1404Digital Marketing
- 52.1499Marketing, Other
- 52.1910Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations
Common questions
Answers for people weighing marketing managers programs in Colorado.
What degree do you need to become a marketing manager?+
BLS lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for marketing managers. It also expects 5 years or more of related work experience. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Colorado are Marketing, as well as Apparel and Textile Marketing Management (IPEDS completions).
Which college majors lead to becoming a marketing manager?+
The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Colorado are Marketing, as well as Apparel and Textile Marketing Management (IPEDS completions). In all, 4 feeder programs graduate about 567 people a year in Colorado (IPEDS completions).
How much do marketing managers earn in Colorado?+
The median is $182,730 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.6% above the U.S. median of $166,790. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for marketing managers growing?+
BLS projects a +6.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 34,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Colorado?+
13 institutions in Colorado reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do marketing managers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Brand Manager, Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Business Development Manager among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-2021.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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