2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

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In 2019-2020, 1,600 people earned their degree in accounting and business/management, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 207 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and business/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting and business/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in California

#1

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California

#2 in overall quality

$12,664 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - California landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Costa Mesa, California, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - California not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - California is $12,664 for california bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at UOPX - California

#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California

#1 in overall quality

$38,327 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Santa Clara, California, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $38,327 for california bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students per year to attend SCU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full SCU Accounting and Business/Management Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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