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2022 Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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102 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 5,357 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,500 and had an average of $30,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 184 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,750 and $34,864 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s specialized marketing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students whose families make $75-$110k list, Mizzou has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $19,595 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at University of Missouri - Columbia

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCM, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Missouri is $15,874 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students whose families make $75-$110k list, St. Kate’s has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Catherine University is $21,026 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students whose families make $75-$110k list, Lindenwood University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lindenwood University is $19,268 for plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lamoni, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students whose families make $75-$110k list, Graceland Lamoni has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Graceland Lamoni is $17,136 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri

Stephens College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Stephens College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 13 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens also took the #5 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens is $26,885 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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