by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,923 people earned their degree in general sales and marketing, making the major the 139th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general sales and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,525 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 485 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in general sales and marketing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general sales and marketing.
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The sales & marketing 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree sales & marketing students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Universidad Ana G. Mendez landed the #1 spot on the list. Universidad Ana G. Mendez is located in San Juan, and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 420 diplomas to qualified masters’s sales and marketing students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 39 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on General Sales & Marketing at Illinois Institute of Technology
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sales and marketing degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Lindenwood University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s sales and marketing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
South Dakota State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major ranking. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sales and marketing degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of South Carolina - Columbia General Sales & Marketing Report
University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 166 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison General Sales & Marketing Report
William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major ranking. William Paterson University of New Jersey is a medium-sized school located in Wayne, New Jersey that handed out 7 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full William Paterson University General Sales & Marketing Report
With a ranking of #10, Fordham University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. Fordham University is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 0 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major ranking, coming in at #10. UPenn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #10, DePaul University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sales and marketing degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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