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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business 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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 International Business Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Business is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,824 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,747 and had an average of $27,886 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 885 international business graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,800 and $26,370 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 211 international business 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. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international business 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 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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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 in California

#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California
#3 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, California Lutheran University landed the #2 spot on the list. CLU is a small school located in Thousand Oaks, California that handed out 19 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

CLU also made our “Best International Business Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Lutheran University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California list. Pepperdine University is a medium-sized school located in Malibu, California that handed out 104 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pepperdine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Business Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine University are $36,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Business at Pepperdine

#4

Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont Graduate University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California list. Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Claremont, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Claremont Graduate University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best International Business 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 Claremont Graduate University are $36,380.

Read full report on International Business at Claremont Graduate University

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, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey landed the #5 spot on the list. Middlebury Institute is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Monterey, 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, Middlebury Institute has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Business 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 are $42,804.

Read more about International Business at Middlebury Institute

#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 large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 56 masters’s international business 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 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 University of Southern California are $48,715.

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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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