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Marketing and Design Program

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Marketing and design skills go together like ad pop-ups and social media. A marketing expert with great ideas need not depend on others to move concepts into reality. With promotional know-how, creative design, and high-tech, programming skills, Ridgewater Marketing and Design students enjoy a unique, hands-on confidence to take multimedia campaigns from beginning to end.

Program delivery

  • Hutchinson and Willmar campuses
  • Online – blended
  • Fall and spring starts

Skills you will learn

  • Marketing and sales theory
  • Advertising and promotion
  • Spreadsheets and databases
  • Multimedia and the web
  • Color theory and design elements
  • Image editing and usage
  • E-commerce data and decision-making
  • Interpersonal and digital communications

Choose Ridgewater

Marketing and multimedia design students combine the best of two exciting, highly in-demand worlds in Ridgewater’s Marketing and Design program. With the help of our current, approachable, experienced faculty, you will develop a strong marketing and business foundation and then apply your ideas to web programming, e-commerce, social media, and graphic design. For the self-motivated graduates, this exploding industry awaits you with endless opportunities!

Program attributes that help students thrive

  • Comprehensive education to market all aspects of business
  • Collaborative learning through interactive classroom sessions and hands-on assignments
  • Partner in Business Cluster of programs for flexibility in courses and student interests
  • Convenient online format for some classes
  • Strong industry partnerships for hands-on internships
  • Leadership and business competition opportunities, including DECA business club
  • Partnership with Concordia University, St. Paul for students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration on the Ridgewater Campus

If you love working with people, but you’re also great at working creatively on computers, Marketing and Design is your ticket to a win-win career you’ll love!

Salary and Job Outlook Marketing and Design

Potential Careers for GraduatesEntry Level Annual Wage 2015Median Annual Wage 2015Projected Growth Rate 2012-2022Projected Regional Job Openings 2012-2022
Graphic Designers$25,730 ​ $39,79018.9%230
​Market Research Analysts & Marketing Specialists$29,494​$53,602 ​ 41.4%150
​​Customer Service Representatives$20,176​$29,18217%
1,070
​Advertising Sales Agents​$21,486$38,9799.1%100
​Public Relations Specialists​$33,779$47,36216%60
​Web Developers$39,000$56,16018.2%​40
​Advertising & Promotions Managers$38,522​ $58,01114.3%30
​Marketing Managers​$54,496 $95,45122.1%71
​Public Relations & Fundraising Managers$64,334​$87,131 ​ 13.3%30
Sales Managers$48,214$84,219 16.2%250

Degrees and Certificates

2018-2019

Degrees Marketing and Design 18-19

TitleCreditsLocation
Marketing and Design AAS Degree60 creditsHutchinson
2017-2018

Degrees Marketing and Design 17-18

TitleCreditsLocation
Marketing and Design AAS Degree60 creditsHutchinson

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