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2025 Best Project Management Schools in California

4 Colleges in California
467 Project Management Degrees Awarded
A degree in project management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #250 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for project management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 467 degrees in project management annually.

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Choosing a Great Project Management School

Best Project Management Schools in California The project management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Project Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for project management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Project Management Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Project Management
Master's Degrees in Project Management

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Project Management Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Project Management in California

The schools below may not offer all types of project management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Project Management

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
166 Project Management Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in project management needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 166 project management students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA
158 Project Management Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat The University of Arizona Global Campus if you want to pursue a degree in project management. UAGC is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 56th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 158 project management students who graduated with this degree at UAGC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelors Degree Type
BS in Business Administration - Project Management Program Name

Gain a background in business while specializing in the field of project management at Southern New Hampshire University.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA
30.0% Growth in Graduates

Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in project management. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a great university overall.

There were approximately 30 project management students who graduated with this degree at Golden Gate University - San Francisco in the most recent data year.

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4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA

It is difficult to beat Mount Saint Mary's University if you wish to pursue a degree in project management. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were roughly 20 project management students who graduated with this degree at MSMU in the most recent data year.

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Best Project Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Project Management Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Washington 831 75
Oregon 587 17
Nevada 354 62
Alaska 167 9

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Project Management is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management 56,024
Interior Design Management 1,733
Organizational Leadership 1,628
Office Administration 594
Supply Chain Management 504
Retail Management 314
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management 112
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 88
Operations Management 79
E-Commerce 48

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