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2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California

6 Ranked Colleges
211 Degrees Awarded
$33,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value International Business Schools for a Master's in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,824 people earned their degree in international business/trade/commerce, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 885 international business/trade/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 211 international business/trade/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in international business/trade/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international business/trade/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 international business/trade/commerce 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 International Business Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business/Trade/Commerce in California

#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California. CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s international business degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CLU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CLU are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CLU International Business/Trade/Commerce Report

#3

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pepperdine University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California. This medium-sized school is located in Malibu, California, and it awarded 104 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Business/Trade/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 Pepperdine are $36,320.

Read more about International Business/Trade/Commerce at Pepperdine University

#4

Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Claremont Graduate University landed the #4 spot on the list. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Claremont, California. It awarded 7 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree international business students list, Claremont Graduate University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Claremont Graduate University are $36,380, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Business/Trade/Commerce at Claremont Graduate University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California list. Middlebury Institute is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 7 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree international business students list, Middlebury Institute has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey are $42,804.

Read full report on International Business/Trade/Commerce at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California ranking. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. 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 International Business/Trade/Commerce at USC

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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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