If you plan on majoring in general sales & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #139 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 92 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Sales & Marketing Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 5,923 degrees in general sales & marketing to qualified students.
Your choice of general sales & marketing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general sales & marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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Best Schools for General Sales & Marketing in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sales & marketing degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Pennsylvania is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general sales & marketing. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a degree in general sales & marketing. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 166 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Those general sales & marketing students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison earn $8,315 more than the average sales & marketing student.
Any student pursuing a degree in general sales & marketing needs to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 360 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available. General Sales & Marketing degree recipients from Texas A&M University - College Station earn a boost of approximately $37,749 over the average income of general sales & marketing majors.
Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general sales & marketing. M State is a moderately-sized public college located in the remote town of Fergus Falls. This college ranks 42nd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 49 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at M State in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, sales & marketing degree recipients usually earn around $39,088 at the beginning of their careers.
UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 139 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available. General Sales & Marketing degree recipients from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities get an earnings boost of around $5,531 above the typical earnings of general sales & marketing graduates.
Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were approximately 134 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year. Those general sales & marketing students who get their degree from Purdue University - Main Campus make $12,286 more than the typical sales & marketing student.
NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 422 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general sales & marketing program at New York University get $14,936 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the small city of Waltham, Bentley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent data year.
Baruch is a large public college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 20th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 516 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Baruch in the most recent year we have data available. Those general sales & marketing students who get their degree from Baruch College make $11,292 more than the average sales & marketing grad.
Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #237 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bellevue University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Bellevue University in the most recent year we have data available. General Sales & Marketing degree recipients from Bellevue University earn a boost of around $25,706 above the typical income of general sales & marketing graduates.
Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 269 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at WCUPA in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the sales & marketing program state that they receive average early career earnings of $43,954.
Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor. This college ranks 26th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 44 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Washtenaw Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
DMACC is a very large public college located in the suburb of Ankeny. This college ranks 12th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 14 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of general sales & marketing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general sales & marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
