2023 Most Popular Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Merchandising and Buying Operations Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 48 people earned their degree in merchandising and buying operations, making the major the 1168th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 15 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Merchandising and Buying Operations Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in merchandising and buying operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular merchandising and buying operations programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Merchandising and Buying Operations Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region merchandising and buying operations students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations in the Southwest Region

1

University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

$42,493 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,869 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Merchandising and Buying Operations Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s merchandising and buying operations degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

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

2

Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona

$43,129 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,958 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Merchandising and Buying Operations Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mesa Community College is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s merchandising and buying operations degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Merchandising and Buying Operations at Mesa Community College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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