General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2022

3,252

declining 5.47%

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Business General Sales, Merchandising, & Marketing Operations

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations and the types of students that study this field. New York University awards the most degrees in General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations in the US.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations programs are Public, 2-year institutions (113 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,680 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations (2023)

New York University
596 degrees awarded
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
580 degrees awarded
Texas A & M University-College Station
311 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations, is Public, 4-year or above (1,680 completions in 2023).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Business in the United States.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Business are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
177,507 degree recipients
Mexico
149,786 degree recipients
Philippines
140,210 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Mongolia
2.8 times more than expected
Norway
2.59 times more than expected
Zimbabwe
2.49 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Business degrees (2.8 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (177,507 degree recipients).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations majors need more than the average amount of Negotiation, Persuasion, and Social Perceptiveness.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Negotiation is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Speaking, and Persuasion are the three most important skills for people in the field.