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2026 Best Value Professional Sales Schools in Kansas
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the professional sales degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Professional Sales Schools
For return on investment in professional sales, no school beat Kansas State University this year. Set in the city of Manhattan, Kansas State University is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $11,221, with out-of-state students paying around $28,568. Professional Sales graduates carry a median of $23,546 in student loans. Soon after graduation, professional sales degree recipients from Kansas State University generally make around $51,543. Set against $23,546 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Kansas State University admits about 82% of applicants.
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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