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2023 Most Popular Specialized Sales Schools in the Southeast Region

33 Colleges
$31,559 Avg Salary
$27,671 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Business Degree Central has created its Most Popular Specialized Sales Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs were the most popular for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges.

Our analysis found Florida State College at Jacksonville to be the most popular school for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a very large student population.

While working on their degree, specialized marketing majors at FSCJ accumulate an average of around $9,279 in student debt.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Specialized Sales Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

Specialized Marketing majors at UGA take out an average of $19,500 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $437.

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#3

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

The excellent programs at Miami Dade College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best specialized sales, merchandising & marketing schools in the Southeast Region . MDC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Miami.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means AI Miami International University of Art and Design is a great place for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students. International Fine Arts College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Miami.

On average, specialized marketing graduates from International Fine Arts College take out $40,933 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#5

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

The excellent programs at Palm Beach State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best specialized sales, merchandising & marketing schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Georgia State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Eastern Kentucky University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular specialized sales, merchandising & marketing programs. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a large student population.

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The Art Institute of Atlanta came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Specialized Sales Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Atlanta, Ai Atlanta is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average amount in student loans that specialized marketing majors at Ai Atlanta take out is $36,433. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $423, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#9

Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

Lynn University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular specialized sales, merchandising & marketing programs. Lynn University Fighting Knights is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boca Raton.

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Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for specialized sales, merchandising & marketing students. It came in at #9 on the list. JWU Charlotte is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

The average amount in student loans that specialized marketing majors at JWU Charlotte take out is $26,982. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $428.

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Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best specialized sales, merchandising & marketing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 96
Georgia 107
Tennessee 10
Virginia 9
North Carolina 31
West Virginia 16
Mississippi 6
South Carolina 8
Arkansas 5
Kentucky 16

One of 21 majors within the business area of study, specialized sales, merchandising & marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Specialized Marketing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Fashion Merchandising 3,106
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations 700
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations 250
Special Products Marketing Operations 205
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations 143
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations 97
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations 57
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations 45
Tourism Promotion Operations 40
Auctioneering 25

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 Qfamily.

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