2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 52,262 people earned their degree in marketing, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,323 and had an average of $24,975 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,341 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,485 and $27,388 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marketing 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 Marketing 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 marketing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,343 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Marketing at USC

#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Thousand Oaks, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified masters’s marketing students in 2019-2020.

CLU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CLU are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marketing at California Lutheran University

#3

La Sierra University

Riverside, California

#4 in overall quality

$14,070 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, La Sierra University landed the #3 spot on the list. La Sierra University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 8 masters’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at La Sierra, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at La Sierra University are $14,070, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Marketing at La Sierra

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

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