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2023 Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Schools in Illinois

27 Colleges
$20,546 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Sales & Marketing School for You

General Sales & Marketing is the #19 most popular major in Illinois with 84 degrees and certificates awarded in <nil>.

Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 27 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Sales & Marketing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for sales & marketing majors pursuing a .

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Land College the most popular school in Illinois for general sales & marketing students. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

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#2

College of DuPage

Glen Ellyn, IL

The excellent programs at College of DuPage helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general sales & marketing schools in Illinois. COD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn.

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#3

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Joliet Junior College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. Joliet Junior College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

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Out of the 27 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, William Rainey Harper College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Harper College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Palatine.

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#5

McHenry County College

Crystal Lake, IL

The excellent programs at McHenry County College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general sales & marketing schools in Illinois. Located in the rural area of Crystal Lake, MCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at Danville Area Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general sales & marketing schools in Illinois. DACC is a small public school located in the small city of Danville.

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#5

Black Hawk College

Moline, IL

The excellent programs at Black Hawk College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general sales & marketing schools in Illinois. BHC is a small public school located in the small city of Moline.

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With a ranking of #8, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general sales & marketing students. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Moraine Valley Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. MVCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Palos Hills.

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#8

Wabash Valley College

Mount Carmel, IL

Wabash Valley College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Mount Carmel, Wabash Valley College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Best General Sales & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 58
Ohio 113
Indiana 173
Wisconsin 264

General Sales & Marketing is one of 21 different types of business programs to choose from.

Sales & Marketing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations 3,252
Professional Sales 1,039
Retailing and Retail Operations 930
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations 187
Merchandising and Buying Operations 42

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 27 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.

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