2025 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 34 bachelor's degrees in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

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

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 - How many other specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's 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 colleges for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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 Far Western US Region

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

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Specialized Marketing

1

Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA

13 Annual Graduates

$44,823 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Seattle Pacific University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the specialized marketing program state that they receive average early career wages of $44,823.

More information about a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Seattle Pacific University

2

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

12 Annual Graduates

Academy of Art University is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Academy of Art University

Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best specialized sales, merchandising & marketing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	29
Washington	226	13
Nevada	129	0

View All Rankings >

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	26
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	5
Special Products Marketing Operations	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	30,790
Accounting	2,646
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2,646
Marketing	2,588
Finance & Financial Management	2,248
General Business/Commerce	1,498
Hospitality Management	1,196
Business/Managerial Economics	1,071
Human Resource Management	691
International Business	521

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.