by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,191 people earned their degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the New England region, there were 208 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,789 and $27,722 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. That schools that top this list have a program in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lasell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region list. Lasell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lasell Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fisher College landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at Fisher College
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #3 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 42 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
Full Johnson & Wales University - Online Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay State College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bay State College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full Bay State College Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
Sacred Heart University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region ranking. Sacred Heart University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at Sacred Heart University
University of Bridgeport ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region list. Bridgeport, Connecticut 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 2020-2021.
Full University of Bridgeport Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
Southern New Hampshire University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region ranking. Southern New Hampshire University is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.
Full SNHU Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Report
University of Rhode Island did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at URI
University of Southern Maine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Specialized Marketing Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at University of Southern Maine
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
