2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 3,025 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,876 and $33,661 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 168 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Redlands

Redlands, California

#2 in overall quality

$22,852 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,168 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Redlands. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Redlands, California, and it awarded 17 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Redlands also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Redlands are $22,852, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#3 in overall quality

$16,571 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,516 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Located in Azusa, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 70 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Azusa Pacific University are $16,571, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Biola University

La Mirada, California

#4 in overall quality

$11,772 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,146 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Biola University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Mirada, California. It awarded 18 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Biola did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Business/Commerce 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 Biola are $11,772.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Biola University

#4

Marymount California University

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

#5 in overall quality

$15,375 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount California University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

MCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marymount California University are $15,375, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Marymount California University

#5

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$19,756 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$95,295 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the #5 spot on the list. Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 53 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Marymount also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Marymount are $19,756, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Loyola Marymount University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (With Aid)

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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