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2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
144 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 185 people earned their degree in consumer merchandising/retailing management, making the major the 791st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 144 consumer merchandising/retailing management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in consumer merchandising/retailing management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality consumer merchandising/retailing management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the consumer merchandising/retailing management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 35 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $5,483 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

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#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Syracuse has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse University is $17,164 for Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, 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.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,157 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oregon State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oregon State Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Report

#5

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bradley is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 5 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Bradley has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bradley University is $17,205 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Simmons University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management students in 2019-2020.

Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,999 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Simmons.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#7 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Savannah College of Art and Design is $40,908 for bachelor’s degree consumer merchandising/retailing management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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