2025 Best Retail Management Associate Degree Schools in California
7
Colleges in California
47
Associate Degrees
Retail Management is about average in terms of popularity for associate degrees programs. That is, it ranks #428 out of the 1020 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for retail management students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 associate degrees in retail management during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Retail Management School for Your Associate Degree
The retail management associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to retail management students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of retail management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized retail management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for retail management students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Retail Management Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Retail Management Associate Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.