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2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
191 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 57,893 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,578 and had an average of $26,517 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,511 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,235 and $26,496 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 191 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance and financial management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance and financial management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree finance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont McKenna College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Claremont, California, and it awarded 13 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Claremont McKenna did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial 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 Claremont McKenna College are $64,288.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Claremont McKenna College

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #2 spot on the list. Riverside, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

UCR also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at UCR

#3

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Santa Clara, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Santa Clara University are $23,507.

Full Santa Clara University Finance & Financial Management Report

#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Thousand Oaks, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 39 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

CLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Lutheran University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at CLU

#5

La Sierra University

Riverside, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Sierra University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Riverside, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

La Sierra also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at La Sierra are $14,070, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at La Sierra University

#6

University of La Verne

La Verne, California
#7 in overall quality

University of La Verne did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in La Verne, California, and it awarded 40 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of La Verne are $14,526, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full ULV Finance & Financial Management 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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