
William Paterson University of New Jersey
- 300 Pompton Rd Wayne, NJ 07470
- (973) 720-2000
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- Retention rate: 73%
- Programs offered: 85
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
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Bridgeton, New Jersey is home to about 27,722 residents. In the Vineland, NJ metro area, the top-earning professional sales-related role is Sales Managers at a median $150,510 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer professional sales programs near Bridgeton, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Bridgeton city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Bridgeton. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.

Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all New Jersey schools on the New Jersey professional sales page.
Bridgeton is part of the Vineland, NJ metro area (BLS area code 47220). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to New Jersey statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $131,360 | NJ statewide | $136,833 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | $76,500 | Vineland, NJ | $79,688 |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | $62,950 | Vineland, NJ | $65,573 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $86,800 | Vineland, NJ | $90,417 |
| Sales Managers | $150,510 | Vineland, NJ | $156,781 |
| Advertising Sales Agents | $69,620 | NJ statewide | $72,521 |
| Insurance Sales Agents | $76,480 | Vineland, NJ | $79,667 |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $52,100 | Vineland, NJ | $54,271 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 96.0 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying professional sales-related roles near Bridgeton are: Sales Managers ($150,510), Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products ($131,360), First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers ($86,800). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with New Jersey statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Millville, NJ is 9.6 miles from Bridgeton and has its own set of local professional sales programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Bridgeton:
Data verified: September 7, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2025-2035) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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