2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $0-$30k) in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,343 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 290 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurship. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurship programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree entrepreneurial studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. University of San Francisco is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 73 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of San Francisco Entrepreneurship Report

#2

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California

$12,612 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mount Saint Mary’s University is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 6 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MSMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Saint Mary’s University are $12,612.

Full MSMU Entrepreneurship Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (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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