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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing

6 Ranked Colleges
570 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Sales & Marketing is the 140th most popular major in the country with 5,473 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 570 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree sales & marketing students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing

#1

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s list. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550.

Full Lindenwood University General Sales & Marketing Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s sales and marketing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Sales & Marketing at University of North Texas

#4

Baruch College

New York, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baruch College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s sales and marketing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree sales & marketing students list, Baruch has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baruch College are $20,880, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Wayne, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s sales and marketing students in 2019-2020.

William Paterson University also made our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at William Paterson University are $20,970.

Full William Paterson University General Sales & Marketing Report

#6

New York University

New York, New York

New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s list. New York University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 511 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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