2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,824 people earned their degree in international business/trade/commerce, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 885 international business/trade/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 211 international business/trade/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international business/trade/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international business/trade/commerce 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 international business/trade/commerce program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree international business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business/Trade/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 56 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#3 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Thousand Oaks, California, and it awarded 19 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

CLU also took the #3 spot in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Lutheran University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CLU International Business/Trade/Commerce Report

#3

National University

La Jolla, California

$15,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. National University is a fairly large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 6 masters’s international business degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also made our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480.

Full National University International Business/Trade/Commerce Report

#4

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#6 in overall quality

$14,664 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Diego, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s international business degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UAGC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Arizona Global Campus are $14,664, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Business/Trade/Commerce at UAGC

#5

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#2 in overall quality

$36,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #5 spot on the list. Pepperdine University is located in Malibu, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 104 masters’s international business degrees to qualified students.

Pepperdine also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine University are $36,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Business/Trade/Commerce at Pepperdine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business/Trade/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business/Trade/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

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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