2022 Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 911 people earned their degree in professional sales, making the major the 649th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 49 professional sales graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality professional sales programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the professional sales program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales in California (With Aid)

#1

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica, California

#1 in overall quality

$3,286 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Monica College landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Monica College is a public institution located in Santa Monica, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Professional Sales Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Monica College is $3,286 for California Sales students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Professional Sales at SMC

• Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.

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