Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at Ferris State University

If you plan to study specialized sales, merchandising & marketing, take a look at what Ferris State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Specialized Marketing

Ferris Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Rankings

The specialized marketing major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Specialized Marketing Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the specialized marketing majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of specialized marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical specialized marketing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 57% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in specialized marketing at Ferris are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor's in specialized marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing

The following specialized marketing concentations are available at Ferris State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ferris State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations	30

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management

Careers That Specialized Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in specialized marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives	47,860	$75,130
Retail Sales Supervisors	33,330	$45,300
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	8,670	$79,320
Parts Salespersons	8,160	$32,900
Sales Supervisors	7,160	$81,230

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.