If you pursue a master's degree in general business/commerce, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 96 master's degrees in general business/commerce to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business/commerce students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general business/commerce students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general business/commerce students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general business/commerce students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Business/Commerce Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Business/Commerce in California
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general business/commerce.
Top California Schools for a Master's in General Business
Loyola Marymount University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a master's degree in general business/commerce. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.
General Business/Commerce master's degree recipients from Loyola Marymount University earn a boost of around $22,923 above the average income of general business/commerce majors.
Biola University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general business/commerce. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Soon after graduating, general business master's recipients generally make about $72,766 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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