---

General Sales & Marketing at Des Moines Area Community College

If you plan to study General Sales & Marketing, you may want to check out the program at Des Moines Area Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Des Moines Area Community College sits in Ankeny, IA.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 20 general sales & marketing degrees were granted at Des Moines Area Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Des Moines Area Community College

Many students take online classes at Des Moines Area Community College. Among 23,697 students, 5,497 (23%) studied exclusively online and 4,917 (21%) took at least some classes online.

General Sales & Marketing Rankings at Des Moines Area Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Des Moines Area Community College’s General Sales & Marketing program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Iowa	#1 of 4
Best Schools (Quality)	Iowa	#3 of 4
Best Value	The Plains States (Region)	#3 of 14
Best Schools (Quality)	The Plains States (Region)	#11 of 14
Best Value	Nationwide	#48 of 100
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#67 of 100

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of General Sales & Marketing graduates at Des Moines Area Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, General Sales & Marketing graduates at Des Moines Area Community College are 55% women (11) and 45% men (9).

General Sales & Marketing Associate’s Program at Des Moines Area Community College

Of the 10 associate’s general sales & marketing graduates at Des Moines Area Community College, 60% were women (6) and 40% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Sales & Marketing associate’s degree recipients at Des Moines Area Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	8
Asian	1
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of General Sales & Marketing associate’s degree recipients at Des Moines Area Community College, lower than the national average of 42%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific General Sales & Marketing Concentrations at Des Moines Area Community College

This General Sales & Marketing program at Des Moines Area Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Sales & Marketing Operations	18
Professional Sales	2

Best-Paid Careers for General Sales & Marketing Graduates

Students who finish General Sales & Marketing program at Des Moines Area Community College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for General Sales & Marketing graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$111,183
Travel Agents	$65,314
Advertising Sales Agents	$63,488
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$61,441
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$60,515
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$53,224
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$45,048
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$40,454
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$39,468
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors	$31,788

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.