by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 5,450 people earned their degree in general sales & marketing, making the major the 139th most popular in the United States. In , general sales & marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $44,525 and had an average of $25,281 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 652 general sales & marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,170 and $27,173 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 569 general sales & marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general sales & marketing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general sales & marketing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree sales & marketing students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wade College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sales & marketing students in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sales & marketing degrees to 349 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station General Sales & Marketing Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s sales & marketing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 28 bachelors’s sales & marketing degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read more about General Sales & Marketing at Baylor University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 24 bachelors’s sales & marketing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 26 bachelors’s sales & marketing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Sales & Marketing at University of Central Oklahoma
Lamar University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sales & Marketing Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sales & marketing students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
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