2025 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #219 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 170 master's degrees in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing School for Your Master's Degree

The specialized marketing master's 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 master's 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 much debt specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students go into to obtain their master'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 complete 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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Master's in Specialized Marketing

1

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

86 Annual Graduates

$151,768 Median Starting Salary

Saint Joseph's University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing master's degree recipients from Saint Joseph's University get an earnings boost of around $56,930 above the average income of specialized sales, merchandising & marketing graduates.

More information about a master’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Saint Joseph’s University

2

Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ

29 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you wish to pursue a master's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Rutgers University - Newark

3

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

17 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing has to check out Fashion Institute of Technology. Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology

4

Johnson & Wales University - Online
Providence, RI

10 Annual Graduates

Johnson & Wales University - Online is a good choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a master’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Johnson & Wales University - Online

5

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

14 Annual Graduates

$37,909 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduating, specialized marketing master's recipients usually make around $37,909 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in specialized sales, merchandising & marketing from Academy of Art University

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing by Region

View the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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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
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	74
Fashion Merchandising	35
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	32
Special Products Marketing Operations	29

Majors Similar to Specialized Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	120,872
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	41,157
Accounting	15,888
General Business/Commerce	9,096
Human Resource Management	8,301
Finance & Financial Management	4,173
Marketing	3,067
Management Information Systems	2,063
International Business	1,479
Hospitality Management	1,226

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.