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2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s

7 Ranked Colleges
144 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 185 people earned their degree in consumer merchandising/retailing management, making the major the 791st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 144 consumer merchandising/retailing management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in consumer merchandising/retailing management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great consumer merchandising/retailing management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the consumer merchandising/retailing management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees to qualified students.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,723 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students per year to attend SFASU.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $20,016 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#4

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bradley, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bradley is $25,634 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bradley Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #5 spot on the list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $43,641 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students.

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#6

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Simmons University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

Simmons also took the #4 spot in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $30,008 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students per year to attend Simmons.

The 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#7

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#1 in overall quality

Syracuse University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse University is $34,482 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Syracuse Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Report

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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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