2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 313 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,780 and $62,291 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management 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 arts and media management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The media management 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach, California

$17,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CSULB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Arts & Media Management 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 CSULB are $17,784.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at California State University - Long Beach

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 22 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Southern California

#3

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

#3 in overall quality

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #3 spot on the list. CalArts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valencia, California. It awarded 7 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

CalArts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of the Arts are $53,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k)

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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