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Best Professional Sales Schools Near Mount Pleasant, SC (2026)
Updated September 7, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is home to about 92,662 residents. Median household income is $121,364 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 66.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area, the top-earning professional sales-related role is Sales Managers at a median $139,830 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Professional Sales Schools to Mount Pleasant
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer professional sales programs near Mount Pleasant, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Mount Pleasant city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Mount Pleasant is part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area (BLS area code 16700). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to South Carolina statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
$132,790
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$131,475
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
$64,120
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$63,485
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
$62,600
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$61,980
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
$73,450
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$72,723
Sales Managers
$139,830
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$138,446
Advertising Sales Agents
$80,410
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$79,614
Insurance Sales Agents
$78,890
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$78,109
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$58,120
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$57,545
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.
Mount Pleasant at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Population
92,662
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003)
Median household income
$121,364
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013)
Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+
66.2%
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003)
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
101.0 (above U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Mount Pleasant-Area Cities With Professional Sales Programs
What are the highest-paying professional sales roles near Mount Pleasant?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying professional sales-related roles near Mount Pleasant are: Sales Managers ($139,830), Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products ($132,790), Advertising Sales Agents ($80,410). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with South Carolina statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Charleston instead of Mount Pleasant?
Charleston, SC is 8.4 miles from Mount Pleasant 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.
Is Mount Pleasant an affordable place to study professional sales?
Mount Pleasant’s median household income of $121,364 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Mount Pleasant while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and South Carolina public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
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.
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 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.