2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality merchandising and buying operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the merchandising and buying operations program at the school. 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 a Master’s”.

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Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree merchandising and buying operations students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNT Merchandising and Buying Operations Report

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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