Professional Sales at Bentley University

Every professional sales school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sales program at Bentley University stacks up to those at other schools.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,177. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in 2021, 15 of them were professional sales majors.

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.

Bentley Professional Sales Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales

Bentley Professional Sales Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sales progam at Bentley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sales major at Bentley 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
	1
	8
	13
	17
	35

Sales Student Demographics at Bentley

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

Bentley Professional Sales Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of sales bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sales at Bentley are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sales bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bentley 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 MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Retail Sales Supervisors	28,180	$47,710
Sales Representatives	20,660	$76,200
Wholesale Scientific Products Sales Representatives	17,740	$94,700
Sales Supervisors	5,310	$92,530
Parts Salespersons	4,050	$37,950

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 Rob1646 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.