2023 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 325 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,224 and $37,969 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 256 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania

1

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

110 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,044 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s. St. Joe’s is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 171 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.

St. Joe’s also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 110 of the 6,779 students enrolled at St. Joe’s were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,044. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. St. Joe’s offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at St. Joe’s]](/colleges/saint-josephs-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Mercyhurst University
Erie, Pennsylvania

104 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercyhurst University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s. Mercyhurst University is a small school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 24 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

Mercyhurst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Among the 2,790 students enrolled at Mercyhurst University, 104 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,325. On top of their other funding sources, 14 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Mercyhurst Veteran Student Life Report

3

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

65 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$15,572 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 8,286 students enrolled at Thomas Jefferson University, 65 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 42 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,572. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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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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