Program Payoff

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations programs in Michigan

15 schools in Michigan teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $22,094 at Baker College.

What this work pays in Michigan

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Michigan earn a median of $72,980 a year across 40,960 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Michigan
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,43030,750
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$73,38027,160
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$125,6509,140
Parts Salespersons$44,0707,520
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$80,1703,490

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Baker College Owosso Associate's degree $22,094 (25 grads)
Michigan Career and Technical Institute Plainwell Undergraduate certificate $10,740 (15 grads) 13
Alpena Community College Alpena Associate's degree not published 0
Delta College University Center Associate's degree not published
Ferris State University Big Rapids Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids Associate's degree not published 14
Jackson College Jackson Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Jackson College Jackson Associate's degree not published 0
Lansing Community College Lansing Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Lansing Community College Lansing Associate's degree not published 7
North Central Michigan College Petoskey Associate's degree not published 1
Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor Undergraduate certificate not published 14
Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor Associate's degree not published 14
West Shore Community College Scottville Associate's degree not published 12

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.