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Basic Certificate in Professional Sales

Basic Certificates in Professional Sales

622 Yearly Graduations
56% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 19% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.1% of sales graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Sales Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 622 people earned their basic certificate in sales. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in sales at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 622
Bachelor’s Degree 483
Undergraduate Certificate 60
Graduate Certificate 57
Associate Degree 45

Earnings of Sales Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for sales students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in sales. About 56.1% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 273
Women 349
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The racial-ethnic distribution of sales basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 15
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 49
White 477
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 35
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to sales that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
General Sales & Marketing Operations 606
Retailing & Retail Operations 332
Other General Operations 159
Merchandising & Buying Operations 34

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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