930Retailing and Retail Operations Degrees Awarded
Retailing and Retail Operations is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #515 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Retailing and Retail Operations Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 930 degrees in retailing and retail operations annually.
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Choosing a Great Retailing and Retail Operations School
The retailing and retail operations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Retailing and Retail Operations rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for retailing and retail operations 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.
Pick Your Retailing and Retail Operations Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Retailing and Retail Operations Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Retailing and Retail Operations in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the retailing and retail operations degree levels they offer.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in retailing and retail operations. Located in the large 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 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 49 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
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It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a degree in retailing and retail operations. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 143 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
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137Retailing and Retail Operations Degrees Awarded
It is difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in retailing and retail operations. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 137 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
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Weber State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in retailing and retail operations. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ogden. This university ranks 4th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 105 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lubbock. This university ranks 8th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 24 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 33rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 6 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at Suffolk County Community College in the most recent data year.
KCC is a large public college located in the city of Brooklyn. This college ranks 120th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 14 retailing and retail operations students who graduated with this degree at KCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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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