2023 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate” ranking.

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,431 and had an average of $30,391 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 401 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,336 and $32,657 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 301 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying specialized marketing.

Top 2 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

1,287 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 3 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,275. In addition to receiving other benefits, 257 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

99 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 262 degrees to qualified associates’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.

FIDM Los Angeles also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 1,886 students enrolled at FIDM Los Angeles, 99 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 67 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,704. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

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