Become a Digital Marketing Professional

Learn to Drive Impactful Marketing in 18 Weeks

  • Global Network: Gain access to a network of 250+ employers looking to hire.
  • Professional Experience: Take advantage of paid micro-internship opportunities.
  • Career Support: Access free professional resources throughout your career.
  • Respected Credentials: Earn a Certificate of Completion from a recognized university.
Next Start Date: March 27, 2023
Time to Complete: 18 Weeks, Part-Time
Live Online Classes: 9 hours per week
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Marketing Is Always Evolving. Evolve With It.

The digital marketing world changes constantly. With Vanderbilt University Digital Marketing Boot Camp, you’ll become fluent in both the foundational practices and the latest platforms as you prepare to excel in this fast-paced field and stay ahead of the trends.

Demand for skilled digital marketers has dramatically increased. LinkedIn reported a 63% growth in marketing jobs in the first half of 2021, with 5 of the top 10 marketing job posts in the digital or media space.1

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Get a Paid Micro-Internship

Take your job-readiness to the next level. Gain valuable professional experience with a paid micro-internship while still enrolled in the boot camp program. These short-term, paid client assignments are made possible through our exclusive partnership with Parker Dewey, a platform pioneer in providing equitable access to micro-internships.

Take advantage of exclusive micro-internships and:

  • Gain valuable real-world experience
  • Build your professional resume and portfolio
  • Generate income during boot camp
  • Gain access to an exclusive network of potential employers
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The Support You Need to Transform Your Career

We’re committed to equipping you with the skills you need to make an impact, while also providing you with unparalleled support and resources before, during, and after your boot camp.

  • Work with an admissions advisor who will prepare you for your boot camp.
  • Access a 1-on-1 tutor if you get stuck.
  • Connect with a powerful network of engaged instructors, TAs, peers, and graduates.

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Further Your Career
Our Career Engagement Network will help you apply the tools and knowledge you have learned to advance your career. We will help you optimize your resume and LinkedIn profile, prepare for interviews, and build a portfolio of relevant, real-world projects. You’ll also have access to free career resources throughout your professional life.
Top Employers Hire Our Boot Camp Learners
Our boot camp learners go on to work for some of the world’s top companies, including over 62% of the Fortune 100.
Innovative Curriculum. In-Demand Skills.

In 18 weeks, Vanderbilt University Digital Marketing Boot Camp will prepare you with the comprehensive digital marketing skills you need to create and execute successful real-world marketing strategies, including search engine optimization (SEO), paid and organic social media, marketing analytics, audience building, and display and pay-per-click advertising.


The hands-on curriculum is delivered through live, online classes and high-quality coursework. Our instructors are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.

Get up to speed on essential marketing skills. This asynchronous module was designed for those coming to the course with no prior marketing experience, or those who would like a refresher on marketing fundamentals.

What you will learn:

  • Brand building
  • Brand strategy
  • Campaign objectives
  • Lead generation
  • Conversion funnels
  • Competitive research

Learn how digital marketing channels can work together to meet business goals, how to use data to guide campaigns, and how to find the right strategy for different businesses.

What you will learn:

  • Data strategies
  • Digital marketing for different business models
  • Customer journeys
  • Digital funnels
  • Content strategy
  • Organic social media

Learn how to design, manage, analyze, and optimize a website for searchability so that it can successfully support your campaigns and your customers.

What you will learn:

  • WordPress
  • Content optimization
  • Search engine optimization
  • Link building and backlinks
  • Domain authority
  • Conversion tracking

Get hands-on experience using industry platforms to develop, launch, and optimize campaigns.

What you will learn:

  • Paid content strategy
  • Paid search advertising
  • Paid social media advertising
  • Remarketing
  • Measurement and optimization
  • Customer relationship management

Want your new skills to get you noticed? Learn how to highlight your work, optimize your professional presence, and impress hiring managers. Pair it with career coaching sessions to stand out in the job market.

What you will learn:

  • How to brand yourself for your career search
  • How to curate and optimize coursework for your portfolio
  • How to design a WordPress portfolio
  • How to develop a promotional plan
Now You’re Ready
By the time you’ve completed the boot camp, you will have mastered in-demand skills, built an impressive portfolio of projects using real-world tools, and earned a valuable Certificate of Completion.
Learn on Your Schedule
This is a part-time, online program designed to accommodate professionals of all career stages, whether they’re looking to start or advance in a career, change direction, or take charge of marketing for their own small businesses.
Time to complete 18 weeks
Live classes 9 hrs/week
Homework & projects 20+ hrs/week
Class time 3 weekday evenings
Invest in Your Career With the Right Financial Options Digital marketing boot camp fee: $8,745
Early Registration:
Enroll by the early registration deadline and get $500 off your tuition cost when paid in full.
Alumni Scholarship:
Alumni are eligible for a $500 scholarship.
24-Month Interest-Free Payment Plan:
Once approved, you’ll pay your deposit and split the remaining tuition over 24 monthly installments with zero interest.

edX Boot Camps does not receive any commissions or payments for referrals or successful loan applications. The lender’s loan approval criteria will apply and you should consider the terms and conditions of any loan carefully. We are not credit advisors. We make no representations about whether you will be given a loan or whether a loan will be suitable for you. We are not responsible for representations made to you by any credit provider.

What Boot Camp Graduates Are Saying
  • “I was learning digital marketing on my own for some time … However, when … dealing with larger businesses, I did not have the time or energy to trust myself handling the responsibility. Vanderbilt’s digital marketing boot camp was the perfect answer. … I made an investment in myself to obtain professional training from an accredited school, and I was immensely rewarded. I got a full-time consulting job right at the end of the course. … I couldn’t have learned half of what the boot camp taught me if I were still on my own.” – Joseph S.
  • “[I] essentially took the boot camp to make up for lack of marketing internship experience when applying for digital marketing jobs out of college. I do not think I would have been offered this most recent job without the experience provided by the boot camp.” – Miller M.
A Powerful Educational Partnership

About Vanderbilt University


Vanderbilt University was founded to fulfill Cornelius Vanderbilt’s inspired dream of healing a nation by creating opportunity through education. Vanderbilt’s mission is to be a center for scholarly research and informed creative teaching that serve the local and global community.

Today, we continue to fulfill Cornelius Vanderbilt’s dream as we respond to humanity’s greatest challenges and provide solutions to its most pressing needs with this same richness of spirit and daring imagination.

The Vanderbilt community is one of welcome, inclusiveness and acceptance — firmly rooted in the principle of providing opportunities for all to flourish and succeed. We believe strongly in our people and the value that each student, faculty and staff member brings to our capacity to learn more deeply about ourselves and the world.

The passion for providing opportunity and uniting humanity that animated Cornelius Vanderbilt’s founding gift continues to lead Vanderbilt across new thresholds. It is my great honor to serve as Vanderbilt’s eighth chancellor and to carry forward this noble charge. — Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos

This program is offered through Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management and School of Engineering, in partnership with edX.


About edX


edX, part of 2U Inc., works with respected universities and organizations to deliver innovative, skills-based training to a community of over 45 million learners around the world to support them at every stage of their lives and careers. edX delivers boot camps through an immersive learning experience with expert services and valuable resources. As of 2021, graduates have been hired by 6,700+ companies, including more than 62% of the Fortune 100.

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