Top Ten Reasons to Major in Marketing at CVTC

1. Marketing is the largest occupation in the United States.
2. The number of possible marketing careers is enormous.
3. Employment in the marketing field is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2012, according to the US Department in Labor.
4. A recent study by an executive recruiting firm found that more top executives come out of marketing than any other functional business area.
5. Actually do what you are learning rather than just talking about it through hands-on learning from class projects, speakers, tours, running your own small business, and finishing with an applied Marketing Internship.
6. Gain valuable hands-on experience running your own small business.
7. Opportunity to join the Wisconsin Marketing and Management Association
8. Save money – tuition is cheaper than attending a 4-year university
9. Ability to transfer – for example, through partnerships with Universities like UW-Stout students can transfer nearly 60 credits to a Bachelor’s of Administration Degree (you could say that’s two degrees for the price of one!). For more information view the UW Stout Transfer Agreement and the University of Wisconsin System Transfer Agreement.
10. Meet lifelong friends and have fun!

Did You Know?

According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, people with a bachelor's degree earn nearly twice as much on average than those with only a high school diploma? And forty-one percent of all students attend two-year colleges. The average full-time student enrolled in a public two-year college receives about $2,200 in grants and tax benefits, which reduces the average tuition and fees paid from the published price of $2,272 to a net price of under $100. (Statistics from CollegeBoard.com)

There are many different reasons I chose to come to CVTC after already attending a 4-year university. One of the most obvious is the price difference. CVTC is about half the overall cost of a university. Another benefit is the ability to take many general classes that are transferable to a lot of universities. This was actually the original reason that I started taking classes at CVTC, but then I got more and more interested in the program and ended up staying in it till the end. I also noticed that many of the classes at CVTC are much smaller than at the university. I had quite a few classes at the university that were in lecture halls and had about 60-80 people in them.

-Allen Dahm, former CVTC Marketing Student