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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Missouri is $13,677 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students.

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#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Lindenwood University is $17,491 for plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students.

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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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #1 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 Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. 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 College is $22,337 for plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students.

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#5

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #5 spot on the list. St Catherine University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students 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 estimated yearly cost for St Catherine University is $19,078 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Graceland University - Lamoni did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Lamoni, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree specialized marketing students 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 yearly cost to attend Graceland Lamoni is $17,650 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Specialized Marketing students.

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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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