Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
www.kent.edu/business/marketing
Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
www.kent.edu/business/marketing
About This Program
The Professional Sales undergraduate certificate provides a broad spectrum of employment opportunities when combined with many different majors. It gives students the added edge in job hunting for sales related positions.
Contact Information
- Department Chair: Lawrence Marks, Ph.D. | lmarks@kent.edu | 330-672-1266
- Speak with an Advisor
- Chat with an Admissions Counselor: Kent Campus | Regional Campuses
Program Delivery
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
- Stark Campus
Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*
Advertising sales agents
- -6.5% decline
- 139,200 number of jobs
- $54,940 potential earnings
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- -8.3% decline
- 409,800 number of jobs
- $78,560 potential earnings
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers
- -5.5% decline
- 1,476,400 number of jobs
- $41,580 potential earnings
Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- 6.0% faster than the average
- 1,070,500 number of jobs
- $58,770 potential earnings
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- 0.9% little or no change
- 1,399,700 number of jobs
- $62,070 potential earnings
Additional Careers
- Account Representative
- Consultant
- Sales manager
- Sales executive
- Inside sales representative
- Business development manager or representative
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.