2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, there were 11 general sales and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general sales and marketing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general sales and marketing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general sales and marketing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Sales & Marketing in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

$37,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Holyoke Community College is a small public school situated in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 ’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend Holyoke Community College is $7,718 for Massachusetts Sales & Marketing students with aid.

Read full report on General Sales & Marketing at Holyoke Community College

#2

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$38,986 Average Net Price

$65,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 10 ’s sales and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bentley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Sales & Marketing Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bentley is $38,986 for Massachusetts Sales & Marketing students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about General Sales & Marketing at Bentley

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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.

Credits

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

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