The UCF College of Business Administration (#UCFBusiness)’s Professional Selling Program has been recognized as a “Top Universities for Professional Sales Education” program. The Sales Education Foundation (SEF) will release the 2015 Annual, featuring this highly-anticipated listing, by the end of April. These university programs are recognized for preparing students for careers in professional selling and helping to elevate the sales profession.
The Professional Selling Program is a prestigious, specialized program offered by the college’s Department of Marketing. The competitive program accepts no more than 35 exceptional students each year that show potential and promise in the sales field.
Students from sales programs average 2.8 job offers before graduation.
Sally Stevens, executive director of the Sales Education Foundation, noted that companies should have an increased focus on partnering with university sales programs. “Top sales organizations should consider developing partnerships with these programs who are educating the next generation of professional sales people,” she said in the 2015 Annual Letter from the Editor.
For information on partnerships with the #UCFBusiness Professional Selling Program contact Ronald Michaels, Ph.D., at rmichaels@ucf.edu or visit https://business.ucf.edu/professional-selling/. To learn more about the growing sales education space, contact the Sales Education Foundation at 800.776.4436 or visit www.salesfoundation.org.
About the College of Business Administration:
Established in 1968, the UCF College of Business Administration offers degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and executive levels. All programs, as well as the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting are accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
The college provides high-quality academic programs designed to give students a competitive advantage in the world of business now and in the future. As such, the college establishes partnerships with some of the nation’s most innovative leaders to model new and best practices that harness evolving technology. In addition, the college promotes a unique culture of engagement, risk-taking, cross-disciplinary collaboration and data-driven decision making in an effort to ensure students are well prepared to enter a dynamic marketplace.
America’s Partnership University:
The University of Central Florida, the nation’s second-largest university with nearly 60,000 students, has grown in size, quality, diversity and reputation in its first 50 years. Today, the university offers more than 200 degree programs at its main campus in Orlando and more than a dozen other locations. UCF is an economic engine attracting and supporting industries vital to the region’s future while providing students with real-world experiences that help them succeed after graduation. For more information, visit https://www.ucf.edu/news/.