Undergraduate Certificates in General Sales & Marketing

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 35% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 3.2% of sales and marketing graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Sales & Marketing Majors

In 2020-2021, 221 earned their undergraduate certificate in sales and marketing. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in sales and marketing at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	2,815
Basic Certificate	1,499
Associate Degree	851
Master’s Degree	485
Undergraduate Certificate	221
Graduate Certificate	51
Doctor’s Degree	1

Earnings of Sales & Marketing Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in sales and marketing is $12,702. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $12,702 to a high of $12,932.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in sales and marketing is $22,000. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $24,371 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $19,228.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in sales and marketing. About 54.3% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	101
Women	120

The racial-ethnic distribution of sales and marketing undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	127
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Sales & Marketing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Sales & Marketing Operations	77
Professional Sales	77
Retailing & Retail Operations	59
Other General Operations	6
Merchandising & Buying Operations	2

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to sales and marketing that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,845
Accounting	4,263
Business Support & Assistance	4,211
Business & Commerce	1,440
Hospitality Management	852

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Nick Nijhuis under License

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