2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,232 people earned their degree in business management and marketing, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 496 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business management and marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business management and marketing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the business management and marketing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#3 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Diego State University is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 16 masters’s business management and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Business Management & Marketing at SDSU

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 2 masters’s business management and marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Business Management & Marketing at USC

#3

Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, California

#2 in overall quality

$15,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fresno Pacific University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Fresno, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s business management and marketing students in 2019-2020.

Fresno Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fresno Pacific University are $15,000, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Business Management & Marketing at Fresno Pacific

#4

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$42,240 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s business management and marketing degrees to qualified students.

FIDM Los Angeles not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIDM Los Angeles are $42,240, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Business Management & Marketing at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing (Income $0-$30k)

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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