an associate degree in general sales & marketing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #97 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of general sales & marketing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 associate degrees in general sales & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general sales & marketing students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general sales & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general sales & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general sales & marketing related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general sales & marketing students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank General Sales & Marketing Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
