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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 has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,431 and had an average of $30,391 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,481 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major” ranking analyzed 87 colleges that offered a degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major”.
Out of the 87 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 262 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major. Fashion Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 695 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIM College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major. LIM is a small private for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 22 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Full LIM College Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palau Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major. Koror, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s specialized marketing degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Hocking College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Hocking Technical College is a small school located in Nelsonville, Ohio that handed out 15 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Berkeley College - New York ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Berkeley College - New York is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 25 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Berkeley College - New York Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
AI Miami International University of Art and Design did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking, coming in at #8. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s specialized marketing degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Berkeley College - Woodland Park landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking. This small school is located in Woodland Park, New Jersey, and it awarded 22 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Nassau Community College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking. Located in Garden City, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
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Herkimer County Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Herkimer College is a public institution located in Herkimer, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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The New School ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 39 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Genesee Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking. Located in Batavia, New York, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, New York City College of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. City Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 42 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #15, Rockland Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Located in Suffern, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
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Brookdale Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking, coming in at #16. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Lincroft, New Jersey that handed out 17 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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SUNY Westchester Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking, coming in at #17. SUNY Westchester Community College is a medium-sized school located in Valhalla, New York that handed out 16 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, University of the District of Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 6 associates’s specialized marketing degrees 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.
Full University of the District of Columbia Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
Jefferson Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Jefferson Community College is a small public school situated in Watertown, New York. It awarded 3 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #20, Middlesex Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Located in Bedford, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #21, Edmonds Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Edmonds Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Lynnwood, Washington. It awarded 9 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Horry-Georgetown Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking, coming in at #22. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public institution located in Conway, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. Located in Ponce, , this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
Phoenix College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major ranking. Phoenix College is a medium-sized public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 8 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, College of DuPage did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major list. College of DuPage is a large public school situated in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It awarded 12 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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