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2022 Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 355 professional sales graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 professional sales graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 professional sales program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The sales 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 Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Professional Sales in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 111 bachelors’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Professional Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,986 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students per year to attend Purdue.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Professional Sales at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 28 bachelors’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Professional Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ball State is $15,147 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students.

Read more about Professional Sales at Ball State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Professional Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $21,843 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students per year to attend UC.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Professional Sales at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#4

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 12 bachelors’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students list, Bradley has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Professional Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $25,634 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students per year to attend Bradley.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#5

Manchester University

North Manchester, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sales Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Manchester University is a small school located in North Manchester, Indiana that handed out 8 bachelors’s sales degrees in 2019-2020.

Manchester University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Professional Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Manchester University is $17,557 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sales students.

Read more about Professional Sales at Manchester University

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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.

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