Graduate Certificate in Professional Sales Online
Sales are essential to the survival and growth of any organization. Strengthen your ability to lead a successful sales team while updating your own sales strategies in this career-relevant online certificate program.
Program Overview
Achieve more goals with a Professional Sales Grad Cert
The dynamic field of professional sales is rapidly changing due to globalization, e-commerce and increasingly diverse business models, from entrepreneurial startups to mega conglomerates. The fast-paced, affordable Graduate Certificate in Professional Sales online program helps you remain competitive in this critical field.
Experiential learning activities emphasize effective business-to-business (B2B) communication and sales strategies in real-world scenarios. This professional sales certificate online program examines profit-driven sales operations with optimized customer relationship management (CRM), social media and technology. Learn how to negotiate effectively and appropriately in a multicultural global market.
Upon completing this professional sales certificate online program, you will be able to:
- Apply experiential learning activities to real-world business-to-business (B2B) sales situations
- Understand the decisions and tasks of modern sales managers and present theoretical elements of sales management
- Develop analytical techniques for sales programs
- Integrate sales strategies with customer relationship management (CRM)
- Use technology, social media, negotiation and global/cultural understanding to create and maintain long-term client relationships
- Apply experiential learning activities to real-world business-to-business (B2B) sales situations
- Understand the decisions and tasks of modern sales managers and present theoretical elements of sales management
- Develop analytical techniques for sales programs
- Integrate sales strategies with customer relationship management (CRM)
- Use technology, social media, negotiation and global/cultural understanding to create and maintain long-term client relationships
Career opportunities:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Business Development Executive
- Business Sales Consultant
- Regional Sales Director
- Sales Executive
- Marketing Manager
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Business Development Executive
- Business Sales Consultant
- Regional Sales Director
- Sales Executive
- Marketing Manager
Graduate programs also available:
St. Cloud State offers additional graduate certificates and a Master of Business Administration online. Check out our MBA and other graduate certificate online programs.
Accreditation
The Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB). Less than 6% of the world’s schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation. We are one of two business schools in Minnesota to hold AACSB accreditation for 45+ years, showing a long-standing record of excellence.
Tuition
Affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition is easy on your budget
Our online graduate certificate program offers the same tuition to all in-state and out-of-state students. Tuition is affordable and includes all fees.
Tuition breakdown:
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grad Cert – Professional Sales | $633.33 | $1,900 | $5,700* |
*Tuition includes all standard fees and is subject to change without notice. The University reserves the right to increase tuition and fees at any time. Local students may opt-in to additional fees giving them access to several on-campus resources. Click here for more information on the cost of attendance for St. Cloud State University.
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
Schedule your program start when it’s best for you
The online graduate certificate program from St. Cloud State features 7-week courses and multiple start dates each year. Choose the start date that is best for you.
Now enrolling:
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring A | 1/12/25 | 12/27/24 | 1/6/25 | 1/8/25 | 1/21/25 |
| Spring B | 3/9/25 | 2/24/25 | 3/3/25 | 3/5/25 | 3/18/25 |
| Summer A | 5/11/25 | 4/28/25 | 5/5/25 | 5/7/25 | 5/20/25 |
| Summer B | 7/6/25 | 6/20/25 | 6/26/25 | 7/1/25 | 7/15/25 |
| Fall A | 8/31/25 | 8/18/25 | 8/25/25 | 8/27/25 | 9/9/25 |
| Fall B | 10/26/25 | 10/20/25 | 10/20/25 | 10/22/25 | 11/4/25 |
Now enrolling:
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Apply NowAdmissions
Check out what you need to apply to the sales certificate program
Our streamlined admissions process makes it easy for you to get started right away. Please read the admission requirements to ensure you qualify for our professional sales graduate certificate.
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
- 2.75 undergraduate GPA
- No GMAT required
Application Requirements
- Professional resume
- Contact information for two professional references
- $78 application fee
- Short-answer questions, limit to 1200 characters/about 200 words (Note: counter in the system counts characters):
- How will this graduate certificate contribute to your personal or professional growth?
- As a graduate student, what do you aspire to contribute to the certificate courses and your fellow students?
Transcripts
Please submit transcripts from all colleges attended. We will accept unofficial transcripts at the time of application; however, official transcripts will need to be submitted before the end of the first term in the program. St. Cloud State staff will download official transcripts for graduates of St. Cloud State and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Non-St. Cloud State/Minnesota State transcripts may be ordered through the records office and delivered electronically to:
- Parchment – St. Cloud State University >> Graduate Admissions
- National Student Clearinghouse – St. Cloud State University >> Graduate Admissions
Official paper and international transcripts may be mailed to:
School of Graduate Studies
720 4th Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Courses
Explore a wide range of topics in the sales certificate courses
To earn the Graduate Certificate in Professional Sales online, you must complete three courses (nine credit hours).
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