2025 Best Professional Sales Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a bachelor's degree in professional sales is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #351 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of professional sales. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 138 bachelor's degrees in professional sales during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to professional sales students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other professional sales students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized professional sales related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for professional sales students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Professional Sales Schools

The sales school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Professional Sales Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Professional Sales in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in professional sales.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Sales

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

94 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in professional sales. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in professional sales from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in professional sales. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in professional sales from Ball State University

Best Professional Sales Colleges by State

Explore the best professional sales schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	0
Illinois	558	3
Indiana	535	173

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Rankings in Majors Related to Sales

Professional Sales is one of 4 different types of General Sales & Marketing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Sales

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Retailing and Retail Operations	232
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	80
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis. More about our data sources and methodologies.