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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems (Income $0-$30k) in California

5 Ranked Colleges
281 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Management Information Systems is the 69th most popular major in the country with 14,198 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $56,157 and had an average of $27,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 398 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,650 and $26,828 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 281 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in management information systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality management information systems programs that also have a lower cost than 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 management information systems program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems (Income $0-$30k) in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s MIS degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Irvine is $9,558 for California Bachelor’s Degree MIS students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Management Information Systems at UC Irvine

#2

National University

La Jolla, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s MIS degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

National University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Management Information Systems at National University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Arizona Global Campus is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 156 bachelors’s MIS degrees to qualified students.

UAGC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $20,283 for California Bachelor’s Degree MIS students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAGC.

Full UAGC Management Information Systems Report

#4

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the #4 spot on the list. Santa Clara, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s MIS degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Clara University is $22,356 for California Bachelor’s Degree MIS students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Santa Clara University Management Information Systems Report

#5

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value MIS Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #5 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized school located in Azusa, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s MIS degrees in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific also made our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Azusa Pacific University is $21,179 for California Bachelor’s Degree MIS students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Management Information Systems at Azusa Pacific

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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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