Professional Sales at Purdue University - Main Campus

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 Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 134 sales majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Professional Sales Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales

Purdue Professional Sales Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sales programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue 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 Purdue 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
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Sales Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Professional Sales Bachelor’s Program

Of the 134 sales students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sales at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in sales.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	105
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus.

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.