2025 Best General Sales & Marketing Schools in the Plains States Region
9Colleges in the Plains States Region
596Sales & Marketing Degrees Awarded
$50,075Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general sales & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #139 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Sales & Marketing Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 596 degrees in general sales & marketing annually.
The sales & marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Sales & Marketing rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general sales & marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
General Sales & Marketing Rankings by Degree Level
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 the Best General Sales & Marketing Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Best Schools for General Sales & Marketing in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sales & marketing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Sales & Marketing
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general sales & marketing. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 98 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the sales & marketing program make about $51,066 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in general sales & marketing needs to check out Kansas State University. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 78 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
University of Minnesota - Duluth is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general sales & marketing. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Duluth. This university ranks 17th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 55 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Northern Iowa if you wish to pursue a degree in general sales & marketing. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #270 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #408 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 15 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available.
M State is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Fergus Falls. This college ranks 34th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 38 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at M State in the most recent data year. After graduation, sales & marketing degree recipients typically earn around $39,563 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the midsize city of Davenport, St. Ambrose University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 10 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at St. Ambrose University in the most recent year we have data available.
Ridgewater College is a small public college located in the town of Willmar. This college ranks 28th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 15 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Ridgewater College in the most recent year we have data available.
Hawkeye Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Waterloo. This college ranks 23rd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 11 general sales & marketing students who graduated with this degree at Hawkeye Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
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The sales & marketing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Sales & Marketing rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general sales & marketing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
