Professional Sales at Ball State University

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received a bachelor's degree in sales from Ball State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Professional Sales section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Professional Sales Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Ball State does offer online education options in sales for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Ball State Professional Sales Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sales programs across the country. The following shows how Ball State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sales major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Professional Sales. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
	2
	2
	9
	10
	11
	13
	34

Sales Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sales majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Professional Sales Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 sales majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ball State. Of these graduates, 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sales at Ball State 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in sales.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in sales. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Sales Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Retail Sales Supervisors	25,130	$40,280
Sales Representatives	15,050	$66,610
Wholesale Scientific Products Sales Representatives	7,540	$101,460
Parts Salespersons	5,990	$32,820
Sales Supervisors	4,180	$91,800

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.