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2023 Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$19,060 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,787 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing School for You

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the #139 most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 23 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for specialized marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for specialized marketing majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools

Our analysis found Madison Area Technical College to be the best value school for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,769 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Madison College also did well on our Best Specialized Sales Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$6,056 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lakeshore Technical College is a great value for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students. Located in the rural area of Cleveland, LTC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LTC are $6,056 a year.

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$6,803 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Gateway Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best specialized sales, merchandising and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Gateway Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 a year.

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$6,960 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best specialized sales, merchandising and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . WITC is a small public school located in the rural area of Shell Lake.

WITC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,960 in tuition and fees each year.

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$6,908 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 23 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. MATC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MATC are $6,908 a year.

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#6

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI
$13,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Ferris State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ferris are $13,188 a year. On average, specialized marketing graduates from Ferris take out $27,802 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#7

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI
$13,094 Average Tuition & Fees

Central Michigan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Michigan are $13,094 a year. While working on their degree, specialized marketing majors at Central Michigan accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $337, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$10,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Lansing Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lansing, LCC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCC are $10,760 a year.

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$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Illinois University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WIU are $13,297 a year.

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#10

Northwood University

Midland, MI
$30,520 Average Tuition & Fees

Northwood University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students. It came in at #10 on the list. Northwood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Midland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northwood are $30,520 a year. While working on their degree, specialized marketing majors at Northwood accumulate an average of around $23,500 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $371.

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Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best specialized sales, merchandising and marketing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 179
Ohio 306
Illinois 38
Indiana 31
Wisconsin 28

One of 21 majors within the area of study, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 schools only.

  • 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.

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