22 Best universities for Marketing in Kenya

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Kenya ranked based on their research performance in Marketing. A graph of 61K citations received by 9.84K academic papers made by 22 universities in Kenya was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#12 in Africa

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

2. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#14 in Africa

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1970

3. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#30 in Africa

#1150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

4. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Marketing

#57 in Africa

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

5. Egerton University

For Marketing

#73 in Africa

#1931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

6. Mount Kenya University

For Marketing

#113 in Africa

#2688 in the World

Founded: 2008

7. Maseno University

For Marketing

#148 in Africa

#3190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1991

8. Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#157 in Africa

#3327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Founded: 1984

9. Kenya Methodist University

For Marketing

#172 in Africa

#3574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1997

10. Strathmore University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#174 in Africa

#3601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 2002

11. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Kenya | Kakamega

For Marketing

#176 in Africa

#3626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2007

12. Daystar University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#201 in Africa

#3971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1989

13. University of Eldoret

Kenya | Eldoret

For Marketing

#213 in Africa

#4122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 2010

14. Technical University of Kenya

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#217 in Africa

#4166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2007

15. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#220 in Africa

#4194 in the World

Founded: 2009

16. Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Marketing

#230 in Africa

#4347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2007

17. Karatina University

Kenya | Karatina

For Marketing

#231 in Africa

#4367 in the World

Founded: 2010

18. Technical University of Mombasa

Kenya | Mombasa

For Marketing

#245 in Africa

#4556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

19. University of Kabianga

Kenya | Kericho

For Marketing

#255 in Africa

#4706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 2009

20. South Eastern Kenya University

For Marketing

#256 in Africa

#4711 in the World

Founded: 2008

21. Machakos University

Kenya | Machakos

For Marketing

#273 in Africa

#4830 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 2011

22. Pwani University

For Marketing

#279 in Africa

#4878 in the World

Founded: 2007

The best cities to study Marketing in Kenya based on the number of universities and their ranks are Nairobi, Eldoret, Njoro, and Thika.