2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Education is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,064 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,456 and had an average of $33,666 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 396 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,540 and $28,730 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 127 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The other education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California”.

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Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in California

#1

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

#2 in overall quality

$14,526 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,133 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Verne, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 88 diplomas to qualified masters’s other education students in 2019-2020.

ULV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Education 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 University of La Verne are $14,526.

Full ULV Other Education Report

#2

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Monterey, California

#1 in overall quality

$42,804 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,178 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in California list. Middlebury Institute is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 36 masters’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey are $42,804, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Middlebury Institute Other Education Report

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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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