Professional Sales

Studying Professional Sales at Weber State

Weber State’s professional sales program gives driven, career-focused students the skills, knowledge and experience you need for successful careers in sales.

Professional Sales Highlights

Weber State has the only 4-year professional sales program of its kind in the Western United States. You can earn this degree on campus or completely online. Our program also offers a 2-year sales and merchandising degree.

Join our DECA student organization to build your resume, earn scholarships and travel to national conferences on leadership and entrepreneurship in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.

Weber State was named a top university for professional sales by the Sales Education Foundation in 2016.

Beyond the Classroom

Weber State’s Alan E. Hall Center for Sales Excellence connects students to faculty and sales leaders and organizations through classes, speaking events and more. As a professional sales student, you’ll also gain experience through internships and cooperative placements.

Shaun Bunch

Class of 2018

“The instructors are incredibly invested in you. They really take the time to get to know you as a person and as a student.”

What You’ll Learn at Weber

Along with fundamental and advanced selling techniques, Weber State’s professional sales program will train you in a broad range of professional sales topics, including:

Sales and service technology
Retail merchandising and buying methods
Personalities and profiles
Customer service
Sales negotiation
Sales channels
Sales planning and forecasting
Sales presentation strategies and techniques
Supervisory and team leadership skills
Sales ethics

What You Can Do After Weber

With your degree, you are qualified to guide and work with industry leaders to sell products or services to other businesses, plants, professionals, and public and private institutions.

Our graduates hold positions such as:

Director of marketing
Financial advisor
Medical device and equipment sale manager
National sales director
Operations manager
Sales executive
VP of sales
Sales analyst
Sales consultant

Career & Salary Outlook

Recent Weber State professional sales graduates have a 99% job-placement rate and average starting salaries of $40,000-60,000, plus commission.

Common careers for professional sales graduates in the U.S. and Utah
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Faculty Perspective

Blake Nielson
“As the chair of the department, I regularly get calls from employers every single week asking how they can get students to apply for their positions.”