General Sales & Marketing at Western Governors University

If you are interested in studying general sales and marketing, you may want to check out the program at Western Governors University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in sales and marketing from WGU.

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

WGU General Sales & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WGU does offer online courses in sales and marketing for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WGU General Sales & Marketing Rankings

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

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 and marketing major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Sales & Marketing. 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
	6
	8
	15
	17
	33
	56
	58
	207
	233

Earnings of WGU Sales & Marketing Graduates

The median salary of sales and marketing students who receive their bachelor's degree at WGU is $81,520. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 70% higher than the national average of $48,013 for all sales and marketing bachelor's degree recipients.

Sales & Marketing Student Demographics at WGU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sales and marketing majors at Western Governors University.

WGU General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 sales and marketing major earned their bachelor's degree from WGU.

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

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

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

Concentrations Within General Sales & Marketing

General Sales & Marketing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	1

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Sales & Marketing Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives	16,430	$60,750
Sales Representatives	11,360	$58,580
Retail Sales Supervisors	9,590	$38,940
Wholesale Scientific Products Sales Representatives	3,470	$91,930
Parts Salespersons	2,280	$39,550

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.