Thomas Jefferson University Specialized Sales and Merchandising (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
- Private nonprofit university
- Philadelphia, PA
- About 27 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Thomas Jefferson University specialized sales and merchandising graduates earn more than graduates of most specialized sales and merchandising programs nationally, $40,407 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,750 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,850. Two other Pennsylvania programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all specialized sales and merchandising bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Thomas Jefferson University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $3,072 more than the Pennsylvania median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania specialized sales and merchandising program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 44% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned about the same in their first year as other graduates. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $284 a month, or 8.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 34 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $50,878.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
56% of graduates (43 of 77) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating. Prices in the Philadelphia area are about 3% above the national average, so a $40,407 salary here buys what about $39,401 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to specialized sales and merchandising, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
$66,130Median pay in Pennsylvania. 51,270 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 99,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
$46,690Median pay in Pennsylvania. 40,970 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
$68,760Median pay in Pennsylvania. 31,040 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 82,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents
$73,550Median pay in Pennsylvania. 17,430 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Thomas Jefferson University
Specialized Sales and Merchandising ranks 8th of 10 bachelor's programs at Thomas Jefferson University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($85,656), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($82,918), and Architectural Technology ($55,334).
Other specialized sales and merchandising bachelor's programs near Philadelphia
Common questions
The median graduate earns $40,407 one year after graduating and $58,144 five years after. The median across specialized sales and merchandising bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $40,407.
The median federal loan balance is $26,750, which ranks 2nd lowest of 5 specialized sales and merchandising bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $284 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 66% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 72%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Most do. 56% (43 of 77) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the specialized sales and merchandising program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024