2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in South Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,473 people earned their degree in general sales and marketing, making the major the 140th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general sales and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,312 and had an average of $27,494 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 284 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,600 and $24,066 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 74 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general sales and marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general sales and marketing 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 general sales and marketing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in South Carolina

#1

Greenville Technical College

Greenville, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$7,016 Average Net Price

$28,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Greenville Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 28 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

GTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GTC is $7,016 for South Carolina Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

Full GTC General Sales & Marketing Report

#2

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$4,974 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midlands Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in West Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 23 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

MTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $4,974 for South Carolina Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students per year to attend Midlands Technical College.

Read full report on General Sales & Marketing at Midlands Technical College

#3

Florence-Darlington Technical College

Florence, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$3,725 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in South Carolina. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a public institution located in Florence, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florence-Darlington Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Florence-Darlington Technical College is $3,725 for South Carolina Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

Read more about General Sales & Marketing at Florence-Darlington Technical College

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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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