About Marketing in DePaul University

As a Marketing major at DePaul, you’ll deepen your understanding of how marketing delivers value to customers and businesses. You will develop your skills for analyzing and solving market problems to create and implement marketing strategies.

Choose from one of three concentrations for your bachelor’s degree in Marketing:

• Digital Marketing incorporates the coursework you’ll need to be successful in organizations that emphasize social media, interactive and mobile marketing.
• Standard Marketing provides you with the flexibility to tailor courses to fit a wide array of careers that interest you.
• Sales Leadership allows you to combine classroom learning with real-world experiences, preparing you for professional growth opportunities that often come with success in sales management. You’ll benefit from mentorship and career connections provided by faculty and corporate partners associated with DePaul’s Sales Leadership Center.

Your bachelor’s degree in Marketing from DePaul will be enhanced by completing a directed internship with a local business in an area of marketing that fits your interest.

Our Integrated Marketing Education (IME) honors sequence gives a select group of Marketing majors a hands-on opportunity to develop skills in marketing management, taking courses that focus on information gathering analysis, strategic planning or tactical decision-making.

DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business is located in downtown Chicago, in the heart of the city’s business district, providing you with countless opportunities to intern and work professionally with leading businesses and marketing firms.

Classes

Coursework

• Consumer Behavior
• International Marketing
• Internet Marketing
• Marketing Management
• Marketing Analysis and Planning
• Mobile Marketing
• New Product Development
• Quantitative Methods
• Sales Strategy and Technology
• Social Media Marketing

Concentrations/Tracks

• Digital Marketing
• Sales Leadership
• Standard

• Minor offered
• Combined bachelor's + master's degree offered

Career Options

Common Career Areas

• Advertising
• Brand management
• Consumer product marketing
• Market research
• Product development
• Sales management
• Strategic planning

A freshman applicant is one entering university directly after secondary school (high school).

Please note, each academic program has different admission requirements.  The minimum requirements below do not guarantee admission for applicants. 

Minimum requirements:

• GPA 2.5
• IELTS 6.5/TOEFL 80 iBT/DET 110
• Conditional Admission: IELTS 6.0/TOEFL 60 iBT/DET 90
• SAT/ACT not required for students applying from outside the U.S.

Transfer

A transfer applicant is a student applying for a bachelor's degree who has completed high school and has taken additional coursework in one or more post-secondary institutions (college or university). 

Please note, each academic program has different admission requirements.  The minimum requirements below do not guarantee admission for applicants. 

Minimum requirements:

• GPA 2.0
• IELTS 6.5/TOEFL 80 iBT/DET 110
• Conditional Admission: IELTS 6.0/TOEFL 60 iBT/DET 90

DePaul also has formal transfer agreements with several international institutions, allowing you to begin your degree in your home country before transferring to DePaul.

Annual Cost to Attend

Tuition : $55,816

Depaul University Cost of Attendance

Tuition Rate 2020-2021 for students willing to pursue an undergraduate and postgraduate degree at DePaul University:

The distribution of expenses in the form of an estimated budget for international students looking to study in the US for 2020- 21 semesters are tabulated below: