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2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California

5 Ranked Colleges
279 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IT Schools for a Master's in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 1,686 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 279 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in California

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - San Bernardino. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California. Located in San Bernardino, California, this fairly large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

CSUSB also took the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - San Bernardino are $17,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at CSUSB

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California list. California State University - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal State LA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Los Angeles are $17,723, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Technology at California State University - Los Angeles

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fullerton. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California. Cal State Fullerton is a large public school situated in Fullerton, California. It awarded 58 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State Fullerton also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full California State University - Fullerton Information Technology Report

#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California
#4 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 #4 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California. Located in Thousand Oaks, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

CLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Information Technology 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 California Lutheran University are $20,600.

Read more about Information Technology at California Lutheran University

#5

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #5 spot on the list. USFCA is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 20 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology 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 San Francisco are $26,710.

Read more about Information Technology at USFCA

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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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