General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
5,242 students earn a general sales, merchandising and related marketing operations credential each year across 246 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $54,213
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $73,814
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Bachelor's programs — 68 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah1$93,1511 year out$100,631$24,2722Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas35$84,2711 year out$154,528$20,5003Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska1$75,5431 year out$90,361$24,8104Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia30$72,0921 year out$111,624$20,7505Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas311$66,3721 year out—$22,0006American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia9$65,6391 year out—$45,4297Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana25$65,1841 year out—$26,0008Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana94$62,5801 year out$92,129$19,4029University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma20$59,6981 year out—$24,71110Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio36$58,7731 year out—$27,00011University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin232$57,7601 year out$73,814$21,63012Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah118$57,4511 year out$81,451$18,50013University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin—$54,2131 year out$65,031$23,50014East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina—$52,6841 year out—$18,75015University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota105$51,0661 year out$76,798$20,50016University of HoustonHouston, Texas15$50,9571 year out$74,478$24,25017University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio31$49,6051 year out$75,758$27,50018University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin13$46,5011 year out$58,911$26,00019Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, Alabama5$46,3031 year out$62,280$27,00020Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York20$45,9471 year out$73,239$24,58721University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina147$45,0521 year out$55,908$24,97922University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut—$42,9561 year out$65,539$27,00023CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York580$41,8971 year out$73,389$9,85024Wade CollegeDallas, Texas6$35,4061 year out$35,091$47,24825Lincoln UniversityJefferson City, Missouri6$26,7601 year out—$31,00026Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia19$16,6821 year out—$26,00027West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania229—1 year out$70,016—28University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota50—1 year out——29Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania31—1 year out——30Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas29—1 year out——31High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina28—1 year out——32University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa19—1 year out——33University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming19—1 year out——34Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——35Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida16—1 year out——36Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts16—1 year out——37Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas16—1 year out——38Saint Ambrose UniversityDavenport, Iowa15—1 year out——39Barry UniversityMiami, Florida12—1 year out——40Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia12—1 year out——41St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, New York10—1 year out——42Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, Missouri8—1 year out——43Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, Virginia7—1 year out—$35,00044Newman UniversityWichita, Kansas6—1 year out——45Avila UniversityKansas City, Missouri6—1 year out——46Stevens-The Institute of Business & ArtsSaint Louis, Missouri5—1 year out$36,580—47Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York5—1 year out$58,332—48Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio5—1 year out——49Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois4—1 year out——50Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri4—1 year out——51William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey4—1 year out$88,706—52Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, Ohio4—1 year out——53Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado3—1 year out——54Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, Indiana3—1 year out——55St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota3—1 year out——56Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado2—1 year out——57Reinhardt UniversityWaleska, Georgia1—1 year out——58Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa1—1 year out——59University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland1—1 year out——60Adrian CollegeAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——61Belhaven UniversityJackson, Mississippi1—1 year out——62Culver-Stockton CollegeCanton, Missouri1—1 year out——63Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, Ohio1—1 year out——64University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——65Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee1—1 year out——66University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin1—1 year out——67Fordham UniversityBronx, New York——1 year out$96,059—68SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York——1 year out$48,318$19,125
Associate programs — top 100 of 109 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah63$60,2151 year out—$17,0312Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota34$39,5631 year out$45,122$17,5003Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania—$38,8261 year out$32,517$21,1414Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina14$28,1501 year out$45,660$16,3615Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina46$27,5241 year out$31,317$13,9536Ameritas CollegeHuntington, West Virginia—$25,8761 year out$20,586$27,8337North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake, New York0$14,9761 year out——8Wade CollegeDallas, Texas2$12,9951 year out$34,962$29,1809College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California27—1 year out——10Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin27—1 year out——11College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois22—1 year out——12Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa17—1 year out——13Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan17—1 year out——14Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California16—1 year out——15Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin16—1 year out——16Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa14—1 year out——17College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada14—1 year out——18CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York14—1 year out$21,485—19Sierra CollegeRocklin, California13—1 year out——20Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota13—1 year out——21Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California12—1 year out——22Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin11—1 year out——23Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York11—1 year out—$6,50024Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama10—1 year out——25MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California10—1 year out——26Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California10—1 year out——27Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio10—1 year out$39,330—28City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California9—1 year out——29De Anza CollegeCupertino, California9—1 year out——30Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California9—1 year out——31Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois9—1 year out——32Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan9—1 year out——33Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, Minnesota9—1 year out$50,573—34St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota9—1 year out$56,424—35SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York8—1 year out——36Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina8—1 year out——37Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California7—1 year out——38Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California7—1 year out——39Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California7—1 year out——40Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota7—1 year out$44,107—41Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin7—1 year out——42American River CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——43El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California6—1 year out——44Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California6—1 year out——45Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California6—1 year out——46Shasta CollegeRedding, California6—1 year out——47Black Hawk CollegeMoline, Illinois6—1 year out——48McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois6—1 year out——49Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois6—1 year out——50Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan6—1 year out——51West Shore Community CollegeScottville, Michigan6—1 year out——52Stevens-The Institute of Business & ArtsSaint Louis, Missouri6—1 year out——53American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia6—1 year out——54Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California5—1 year out——55East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California5—1 year out——56Fresno City CollegeFresno, California5—1 year out——57Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California5—1 year out——58Merced CollegeMerced, California5—1 year out——59Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California5—1 year out——60Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California5—1 year out——61San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California5—1 year out——62Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado5—1 year out——63Danville Area Community CollegeDanville, Illinois5—1 year out——64Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois5—1 year out——65Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington5—1 year out——66Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California4—1 year out——67Butte CollegeOroville, California4—1 year out——68Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California4—1 year out——69Golden West CollegeHuntington Beach, California4—1 year out——70Laney CollegeOakland, California4—1 year out——71Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California4—1 year out——72Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——73Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——74Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California4—1 year out——75Cypress CollegeCypress, California3—1 year out——76Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California3—1 year out——77Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California3—1 year out——78San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California3—1 year out——79Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois3—1 year out——80Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa3—1 year out——81Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina3—1 year out——82Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico3—1 year out——83Canada CollegeRedwood City, California2—1 year out——84Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California2—1 year out——85Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, California2—1 year out——86Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California2—1 year out——87Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California2—1 year out——88Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California2—1 year out——89West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California2—1 year out——90Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois2—1 year out——91Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEstherville, Iowa2—1 year out——92North Central Michigan CollegePetoskey, Michigan2—1 year out——93Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, Minnesota2—1 year out——94Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York2—1 year out——95Lake Region State CollegeDevils Lake, North Dakota2—1 year out——96Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——97Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin2—1 year out——98Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California2—1 year out——99Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——100Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 142 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri92$64,3821 year out—$20,5002Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburg, Oregon156$58,5911 year out—$8,2373Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio37$57,1691 year out—$25,0004Kent State University at StarkNorth Canton, Ohio0$57,1691 year out—$25,0005North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota8$55,7341 year out—$25,2226Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington100$26,2831 year out—$15,4127CET-San JoseSan Jose, California—$15,8491 year out$25,447—8CET-El CentroEl Centro, California—$15,8491 year out$25,447—9Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan18$15,6741 year out——10Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina82—1 year out——11Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolToms River, New Jersey78—1 year out——12Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas69—1 year out——13Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California68—1 year out——14Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois68—1 year out——15East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina62—1 year out——16Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio51—1 year out——17University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky47—1 year out——18Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma42—1 year out——19Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan41—1 year out——20Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania39—1 year out——21Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona38—1 year out——22Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington37—1 year out——23Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee36—1 year out——24Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky34—1 year out——25Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California33—1 year out——26Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California32—1 year out——27Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin29—1 year out——28University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama28—1 year out——29Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin27—1 year out——30Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California26—1 year out——31Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin25—1 year out——32Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon23—1 year out——33Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin19—1 year out——34Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon18—1 year out——35Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California17—1 year out——36University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota17—1 year out——37South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia16—1 year out——38Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico16—1 year out——39University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio16—1 year out——40Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin15—1 year out——41Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California14—1 year out——42William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois14—1 year out——43City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California13—1 year out——44De Anza CollegeCupertino, California13—1 year out——45Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California13—1 year out——46San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California12—1 year out——47Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12—1 year out——48MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California10—1 year out——49University of Wisconsin-ParksideKenosha, Wisconsin10—1 year out——50College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California9—1 year out——51Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California9—1 year out——52Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson, Kansas9—1 year out——53Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico9—1 year out——54Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas8—1 year out——55Fresno City CollegeFresno, California8—1 year out——56Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California8—1 year out——57Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California8—1 year out——58Sierra CollegeRocklin, California8—1 year out——59Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio8—1 year out——60McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois7—1 year out——61Valley City State UniversityValley City, North Dakota7—1 year out——62College of Micronesia-FSMPohnpei, Micronesia7—1 year out——63Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California6—1 year out——64Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota6—1 year out——65Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, Minnesota6—1 year out——66Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire6—1 year out——67Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio6—1 year out——68Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstown, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——69University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin6—1 year out——70Butte CollegeOroville, California5—1 year out——71Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California5—1 year out——72Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California5—1 year out——73Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana5—1 year out——74Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon5—1 year out——75Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington5—1 year out——76Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana5—1 year out——77Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California4—1 year out——78Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, California4—1 year out——79Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California4—1 year out——80Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia4—1 year out——81Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois4—1 year out——82Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois4—1 year out——83American River CollegeSacramento, California3—1 year out——84Canada CollegeRedwood City, California3—1 year out——85Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California3—1 year out——86Cypress CollegeCypress, California3—1 year out——87Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California3—1 year out——88Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California3—1 year out——89Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan3—1 year out——90Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan3—1 year out——91Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota3—1 year out——92Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota3—1 year out——93Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota3—1 year out——94Hocking CollegeNelsonville, Ohio3—1 year out——95Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio3—1 year out——96Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon3—1 year out——97Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina3—1 year out——98Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee3—1 year out——99Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin3—1 year out——100Mid-State Technical CollegeWisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin3—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).