2024 Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools

General Sales & Marketing is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #97 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 42 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 851 associate degrees in general sales & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Sales & Marketing School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of general sales & marketing for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general sales & marketing students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Sales & Marketing Schools

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

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Sales & Marketing in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general sales & marketing.

10 Top Schools for an Associate in Sales & Marketing

1

Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Fergus Falls, MN

47 Annual Graduates

$39,088 Median Starting Salary

$17,500 Median Student Debt

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general sales & marketing. M State is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Fergus Falls.

General Sales & Marketing associate degree recipients from Minnesota State Community and Technical College earn a boost of around $11,582 above the average income of general sales & marketing majors.

More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Minnesota State Community and Technical College

2

Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, MI

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Washtenaw Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in general sales & marketing. Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Washtenaw Community College

3

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

5 Annual Graduates

Des Moines Area Community College is a good choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in general sales & marketing. DMACC is a very large public college located in the suburb of Ankeny.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Des Moines Area Community College

4

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

101 Annual Graduates

$17,031 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in general sales & marketing has to take a look at Weber State University. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Weber State University

5

Western Technical College
La Crosse, WI

6 Annual Graduates

Western Technical College is a small public college located in the small city of La Crosse.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Western Technical College

6

Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA

9 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Norwalk, Cerritos College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Cerritos College

7

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from College of Southern Nevada

8

St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud, MN

4 Annual Graduates

St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public college located in the small city of Saint Cloud.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from St Cloud Technical and Community College

9

College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, CA

25 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Santa Clarita, College of the Canyons is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from College of the Canyons

10

Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC

52 Annual Graduates

$29,147 Median Starting Salary

$13,953 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the sales & marketing program make about $29,147 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in general sales & marketing from Greenville Technical College

General Sales & Marketing by Region

View the Best General Sales & Marketing Associate 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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General Sales & Marketing Related Rankings by Major

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

Sales & Marketing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	617
Retailing and Retail Operations	164
Professional Sales	38
Merchandising and Buying Operations	23
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	9

Majors Similar to Sales & Marketing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	63,763
General Business/Commerce	17,867
Accounting	11,525
Business Support & Assistant Services	3,471
Hospitality Management	2,539
Marketing	1,726
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	1,481
Human Resource Management	1,096
Management Information Systems	771
Entrepreneurial Studies	715

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 Nick Nijhuis. More about our data sources and methodologies.