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2023 Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,302 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,838 Avg Salary

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

With 9 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing is the #237 most popular major in Virginia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for specialized marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Specialized Sales

#1

Marymount University

Arlington, VA
$35,250 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Marymount University the best value school in Virginia for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students. Located in the medium-sized city of Arlington, Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marymount are $35,250 per year. While working on their degree, specialized marketing majors at Marymount accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Read full report on Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at Marymount University

$19,354 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ai Virginia Beach is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ai Virginia Beach are $19,354 a year. On average, specialized marketing graduates from Ai Virginia Beach take out $44,000 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $340.

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Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 129
North Carolina 31
Florida 96
Tennessee 10
Kentucky 16
South Carolina 8
Arkansas 5
Mississippi 6
West Virginia 16

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 2 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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