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2023 Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
644 Degrees Awarded
$51,454 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 718 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,170 and $26,081 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 644 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, 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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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying sales & marketing.

Top 6 Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 360 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M University - College Station, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas A&M University - College Station]](/colleges/texas-a-and-m-university-college-station/student-life/veterans/)

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 42 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech, 1,242 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,480. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas Tech University]](/colleges/texas-tech-university/student-life/veterans/)

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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 #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 181 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

UH also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,382 of the 47,090 students enrolled at UH were GI Bill® students, of which 730 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,264. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UH Veteran Student Life Report

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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 #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UCO also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UCO supports 14,132 students, and 934 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 428 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,062. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UCO]](/colleges/university-of-central-oklahoma/student-life/veterans/)

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Baylor supports 19,297 students, and 876 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 593 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,744. In addition to receiving other benefits, 263 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Wade College
Dallas, Texas

Wade College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sales & Marketing for a Bachelor’s list. Wade College is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s sales and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wade College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wade College supports 180 students, and 11 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,765. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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