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2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
596 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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 & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 650 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,533 and $30,058 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 596 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general sales and marketing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general sales and marketing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 170 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree sales & marketing students list, UH has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sales & Marketing students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sales & Marketing students per year to attend UCO.

Full University of Central Oklahoma General Sales & Marketing Report

#3

Wade College

Dallas, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wade College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Wade College is a small private for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree sales & marketing students list, Wade College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wade College is $17,438 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sales & Marketing students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 362 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sales & Marketing students per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Baylor University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sales & Marketing students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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%.

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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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