2025 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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 Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 bachelor's degrees in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

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

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 specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized specialized sales, merchandising & marketing related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools

The specialized marketing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Specialized Marketing

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

49 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from University of Missouri - Columbia

2

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

14 Annual Graduates

$33,422 Median Starting Salary

University of Central Missouri is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, specialized marketing bachelor's recipients usually earn around $33,422 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from University of Central Missouri

Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best specialized sales, merchandising & marketing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	97
Minnesota	215	6
Iowa	197	6

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Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Related Rankings by Major

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Specialized Marketing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Fashion Merchandising	88
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	10,099
Finance & Financial Management	4,185
Marketing	3,624
Accounting	3,422
General Business/Commerce	2,921
Human Resource Management	1,240
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	848
Construction Management	411
Hospitality Management	357
Management Information Systems	350

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Qfamily. More about our data sources and methodologies.