2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Merchandising and Buying Operations is the 1168th most popular major in the country with 48 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in merchandising and buying operations. That schools that top this list have a program in merchandising and buying operations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

1

Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Washtenaw Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Washtenaw Community College is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 associates’s merchandising and buying operations degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Merchandising and Buying Operations at Washtenaw Community College

2

Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 4 associates’s merchandising and buying operations degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Merchandising and Buying Operations at Mesa Community College

3

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Merchandising and Buying Operations Major list. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Akron Main Campus 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.