If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #120 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 34 bachelor's degrees in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized specialized sales, merchandising & marketing related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in the Far Western US Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Specialized Marketing
It is difficult to beat Seattle Pacific University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the specialized marketing program report average early career income of $44,823.
Rankings in Majors Related to Specialized Marketing
One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
