2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Sports Studies Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sports Studies is the 641st most popular major in the country with 476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 92 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sports studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The sports studies 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 Sports Studies Schools for a Master’s in California”.

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Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies in California

#2

National University

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$15,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Master’s in California. National University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

National University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sports Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sports Studies at National University

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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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