Mississippi·Management Occupations·SOC 11-2011

Best Advertising programs in Mississippi, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or giveaways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire.

21 schools in Mississippi run programs that feed this job, graduating 799 people a year. The job pays a median of $66,520 in Mississippi across about 100 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledPromotions ManagerPromotions DirectorCommunications ManagerAdvertising Manager (Ad Manager)Brand ManagerLeague ManagerMedia DirectorMedia Promoter
Graduates / yr
799
in Mississippi
Median pay · Mississippi
$66,520
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
100
people employed
Schools
21
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
46%
across those schools
Median net price
$21,096
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Mississippi that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in Mississippi that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Mississippi (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 Mississippi page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1736
92.1%
19$44,670$24,250
249
6.1%
2$39,658$24,500
314
1.8%
3$39,658$24,500

Top 21 schools in Mississippi

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 21 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Mississippi
University, MS Public · 2 feeder programs
224Marketing/Marketing Management, General$43,81172%97%
2Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
177Marketing/Marketing Management, General$42,67067%78%
3Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
64Marketing/Marketing Management, General45%
4Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
61Marketing/Marketing Management, General$28,12748%
5University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS Public · 2 feeder programs
59Marketing/Marketing Management, General$40,49649%99%
6Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
35Marketing/Marketing Management, General37%
7East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
28Marketing/Marketing Management, General48%
8Meridian Community College
Meridian, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
22Marketing/Marketing Management, General34%
9Mississippi Christian University
Clinton, MS Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
21Marketing/Marketing Management, General$42,24559%$21,09629%
10Hinds Community College
Raymond, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
19Marketing/Marketing Management, General43%
11Jackson State University
Jackson, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
18Marketing/Marketing Management, General51%93%
12Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
14Marketing/Marketing Management, General50%
13Jones County Junior College
Ellisville, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
13Marketing/Marketing Management, General41%
14Delta State University
Cleveland, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
11Marketing/Marketing Management, General48%100%
15Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
9Marketing/Marketing Management, General39%
16Southwest Mississippi Community College
Summit, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
7Marketing/Marketing Management, General56%
17Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
6Public Relations/Image Management27%92%
18Belhaven University
Jackson, MS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication49%$22,47650%
19Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
3Marketing/Marketing Management, General41%
20Rust College
Holly Springs, MS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Marketing/Marketing Management, General12%$8,71149%
21Copiah - Lincoln Community College
Wesson, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
1Marketing/Marketing Management, General50%

All 21 schools in Mississippi

Every school in Mississippi 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.

All schools in Mississippi that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of MississippiUniversityPublic2242
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi StatePublic1771
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobiaPublic641
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinstonPublic611
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburgPublic592
Pearl River Community CollegePoplarvillePublic351
East Mississippi Community CollegeScoobaPublic281
Meridian Community CollegeMeridianPublic221
Mississippi Christian UniversityClintonPrivate not-for-profit212
Hinds Community CollegeRaymondPublic191
Jackson State UniversityJacksonPublic181
Itawamba Community CollegeFultonPublic141
Jones County Junior CollegeEllisvillePublic131
Delta State UniversityClevelandPublic111
Holmes Community CollegeGoodmanPublic91

What advertising and promotions managers earn in Mississippi

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Mississippi
$66,520
Mean annual
$80,490
Jobs in state
100
What the range looks like
10th pct$43,680Median$66,52090th pct$148,200
Versus the national median
-50.2%

U.S. median $133,660. Mississippi pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.63×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Mississippi

Jackson, MS
$67,600median
30 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-2.2%
Decline
Openings per year
2,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-600
27,000 → 26,400
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Advertising and Promotions Managers page.

How to become a Advertising

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Active ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Mississippi

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 4 majors mapped to Advertising and Promotions Managers4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 09.0900Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
  • 09.0902Public Relations/Image Management
  • 09.0903Advertising
  • 52.1401Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Common questions

Answers for people weighing advertising and promotions managers programs in Mississippi.

What degree do you need to become an Advertising?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Marketing/Marketing Management, General, which awarded 736 degrees in Mississippi in 2024-25, 92.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Advertising?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Marketing, Public Relations. Together they graduate about 799 people a year in Mississippi.

How much do advertising and promotions managers earn in Mississippi?+

The median is $66,520 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 50.2% below the U.S. median of $133,660. 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 advertising and promotions managers growing?+

BLS projects a -2.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 2,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Mississippi?+

21 institutions in Mississippi reported graduates from at least one of the 3 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 advertising and promotions managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Promotions Manager, Promotions Director, Communications Manager, Advertising Manager (Ad Manager) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-2011.

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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 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected 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 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, 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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