2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Merchandising and Buying Operations is the 1108th most popular major in the country with 55 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in merchandising and buying operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent merchandising and buying operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the merchandising and buying operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The merchandising and buying operations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s merchandising and buying operations degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for associate degree merchandising and buying operations students.

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#2

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$2,441 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washtenaw Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate list. Washtenaw Community College is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Washtenaw Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Washtenaw Community College is $2,441 for associate degree merchandising and buying operations students.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.

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