Sales and Marketing Scholarships
Find Money For your Business Degree
Students pursuing a career in Marketing and Sales should look carefully over the wide assortment of business and management colleges. There are scholarships for nearly everyone at any level of study and the range of degrees is unending.
Career Requirements
Professionals in the field of marketing and sales often spend a lot of time with customers or planning product and service promotion, even public relations campaigns. You will be expected to have a firm grasp of marketing principles as well as possess savvy sales skills. Sales can be challenging and the field is not for everyone, but if you're outgoing and highly motivated you will find the work can be satisfying and financially rewarding. Long and often off-beat hours may be a requirement depending on where you land a job.
Scholarships
The Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland offers a large ($5,000) scholarship to area students in sales and marketing. Qualified applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be in their sophomore or junior year of studies. An essay, letters of recommendation and college transcript are also required for consideration.
The Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit, another professional organization, supports the education of local college students pursuing the profession. Number of scholarships awarded depends on funding for that particular year. Typically there are a good handful of scholarships with past award amounts of $2,000. Students successfully navigating academics and extracurricular activities are preferred.
Alexandria Technical College in Minnesota offers its Marketing and Sales Management students scholarships up to $500. Students must declare the major, maintain a 3.0 GPA and have at least a semester in the program to qualify.
Haworth College of Business (Western Michigan University) Marketing Department awards the following scholarships:
- Robert B. Trader Marketing Scholarship awards a major in Sales and Business Marketing up to $750. Students with a high GPA and an active interest in college activities are preferred.
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholarships recognize two students from the Sales and Marketing major with records of academic excellence. Applicants must be willing to accept an internship with the company.
- Sales and Business Marketing Scholarships from the department are given to two students annually. Awards are up to $500.
- The Ronald Elenbaas Sales and Business Marketing Scholarship recognizes a student with an outstanding academic record with an award of $2500.
- The Burnham Insurance Group funds a scholarship up to $1,000.
- Students with a GPA of 3.25 may apply for the Greenleaf Company Scholarship. Awards are up to $5,000.
The Sales and Marketing Executives of Atlanta fund the Lewis F. Gordon Scholarship, sponsored by Kennesaw State University. Students may be undergraduate or graduate degree seekers. Requirements include a high GPA and membership in Pi Sigma Epsilon.
University of North Carolina-Asheville students in sales and marketing may qualify for the Asheville Sales Marketing Executives Association Scholarship.
Specialized Scholarships
The scholarship funded by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International gives students up to $2,000 based on academic merit and their intent to micro-specialize in this field.
