Is a Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations degree worth it?
Across 46 schools, graduates of Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations earn a median $49,220 five years out on $26,000 of debt — most often working as Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$49,220
Median debt
$26,000
Years to pay off
4.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
53%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
21%
$67,927 vs $53,635
Net price
$20,252/yr
Debt-test failures
18.4%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$7,338
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.