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2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

10 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 586 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,700 and $22,353 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 111 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in general sales and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general sales and marketing programs, but they also 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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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota that handed out 38 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

M State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College is $10,818 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students.

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#2

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Thief River Falls, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s sales and marketing degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Northland Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northland Community and Technical College is $10,860 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alexandria Technical & Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alexandria, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

ATCC also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Alexandria Technical & Community College is $13,550 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

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#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Willmar, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Ridgewater College also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,764 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students per year to attend Ridgewater College.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St Cloud Technical and Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Cloud Technical and Community College is $9,019 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students.

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#6

Lake Region State College

Devils Lake, North Dakota
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Lake Region State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Devils Lake, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s sales and marketing students in 2019-2020.

Lake Region State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Region State College is $9,564 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

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#7

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Hennepin Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Hennepin Technical College is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students list, Hennepin Technical College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,796 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

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#8 in overall quality

Minnesota State College Southeast ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State College Southeast is a small public school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 5 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students list, MSC Southeast has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State College Southeast is $13,824 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Sales & Marketing students.

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#9 in overall quality

Des Moines Area Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Ankeny, Iowa, and it awarded 4 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

DMACC also made our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend DMACC is $10,076 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students.

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#10 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Northeast Iowa Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. NICC is a small public school situated in Calmar, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

NICC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,505 for plains states region associate degree sales & marketing students per year to attend NICC.

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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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