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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Professional Sales

7 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Sales Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Professional Sales is the 649th most popular major in the country with 911 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 professional sales graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in professional sales. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great professional sales programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the professional sales program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Professional Sales

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school situated in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It awarded 2 associates’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hennepin Technical College is $11,796 for associate degree sales students.

Full Hennepin Technical College Professional Sales Report

#2

Butler County Community College

Butler, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. BC3 is a small public school situated in Butler, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 associates’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree sales students list, BC3 has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BC3 is $5,663 for associate degree sales students.

Full BC3 Professional Sales Report

#3

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Land College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate. Lake Land College is located in Mattoon, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s sales degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lake Land College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lake Land College is $4,468 for associate degree sales students.

Read more about Professional Sales at Lake Land College

#4

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Monica College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate list. Santa Monica College is located in Santa Monica, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s sales degrees to qualified students.

SMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMC is $3,286 for associate degree sales students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Professional Sales at Santa Monica College

#5

Clark College

Vancouver, Washington
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate list. Vancouver, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s sales degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree sales students list, Clark College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,237 for associate degree sales students per year to attend Clark College.

Read more about Professional Sales at Clark College

#6

McHenry County College

Crystal Lake, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

McHenry County College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, and it awarded 2 associates’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,048 for associate degree sales students per year to attend McHenry County College.

Read more about Professional Sales at MCC

#7

Parkland College

Champaign, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

Parkland College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Sales Schools for an Associate ranking. Parkland College is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree sales students list, Parkland College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Professional Sales Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Parkland College is $8,993 for associate degree sales students.

Read more about Professional Sales at Parkland College

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.

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