2025 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #73 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 807 associate degrees in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing School for Your Associate Degree

The specialized marketing associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality specialized marketing program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for specialized sales, merchandising & 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 specialized sales, merchandising & marketing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in New York

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing.

Top New York Schools for an Associate in Specialized Marketing

1

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

660 Annual Graduates

$23,778 Median Starting Salary

$28,052 Median Student Debt

Fashion Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the specialized marketing program report average early career earnings of $23,778.

More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology

2

LIM College
New York, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing needs to take a look at LIM College. Located in the large city of New York, LIM is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from LIM College

3

Rockland Community College
Suffern, NY

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing has to check out Rockland Community College. Rockland Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Suffern.More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Rockland Community College

4

Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY

13 Annual Graduates

Nassau Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Nassau Community College

5

New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY

37 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from New York City College of Technology

6

Genesee Community College
Batavia, NY

10 Annual Graduates

GCC is a small public college located in the distant town of Batavia.More information about a associate in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Genesee Community College

Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	179	1
New Jersey	137	42
District of Columbia	36	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Specialized Marketing

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Specialized Marketing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Fashion Merchandising	786
Tourism Promotion Operations	17
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Specialized Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,699
Accounting	859
General Business/Commerce	271
Marketing	258
Hospitality Management	257
Human Resource Management	249
Business Support & Assistant Services	174
Entrepreneurial Studies	88
Finance & Financial Management	36
General Sales & Marketing	35

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).
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