Our Professional Sales major turns self-motivated, competitive students into sought-after sales pros. If you won’t take “no” for an answer, here’s our pitch: At Bentley, Professional Sales is not just an elective. It’s a full, four-year program dedicated to advancing your skills, and it’s one of the only sales-focused programs you’ll find. Our Professional Sales degree will teach you how to effectively sell, negotiate and collaborate. And, you’ll learn how sales interacts with other key business functions, like revenue generation, forecasting and management.
The sales expertise you gain at Bentley is transferable across industries, markets and profit sectors. You’ll be ready to win business—or advance social causes—as soon as you graduate.
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$73K
Median Starting Salary
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY CAREEREDGE
98%
Job Placement Rate
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY CAREEREDGE
90%
of students complete at least one internship
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Sales Strategy and Technology (PRS373)
This course focuses on the intersection of sales, operations and technology in driving the growth of organizations of all sizes. The use of technology to speed collaboration between sales, marketing and operations functions is examined. Students will develop insight and knowledge about the strategic role of systems and technology for sales force automation, customer relationship management and customer acquisition. Students will learn strategic sales methods and revenue generation for a variety of business models, along with the variety of software and technology that supports sales strategy.
Getting their feet wet through hands-on learning at Cape Cod
When finals are over, it’s not unusual to start thinking about summers at the beach. For one group of Bentley undergraduates, however, summer at Cape Cod was about more than fun in the sun. They were there to study the coastal environments of the Cape during a one-week intensive geology class.