2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Sales & Marketing is the 140th most popular major in the country with 5,473 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general sales and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,312 and had an average of $27,494 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 586 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,700 and $22,353 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general sales and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general sales and marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general sales and marketing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The sales & marketing 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 “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sales and marketing degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Sales & Marketing at South Dakota State University

#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$9,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 3 masters’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lindenwood University General Sales & Marketing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Sales & Marketing (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.

Credits

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

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