2022 Best Value Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 55 people earned their degree in merchandising and buying operations, making the major the 1108th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in merchandising and buying operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality merchandising and buying operations 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 merchandising and buying operations 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

$32,363 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 17 ’s merchandising and buying operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,669 for southwest region merchandising and buying operations students with aid per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Read more about Merchandising and Buying Operations at Mesa Community College

#2

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,086 Average Net Price

$41,371 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 13 ’s merchandising and buying operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,086 for southwest region merchandising and buying operations students with aid per year to attend UNT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Merchandising and Buying Operations at UNT

• Best Value Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.

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