2022 Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales (Income $0-$30k) in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Sales Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 911 people earned their degree in professional sales, making the major the 649th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 49 professional sales graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great professional sales programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the professional sales program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica, California

#1 in overall quality

$2,752 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sales Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Monica College landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Monica, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sales degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

SMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Professional Sales Schools in California” list. It costs about $2,752 for california sales students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SMC.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Professional Sales at Santa Monica College

• Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Professional Sales (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 Nijhuis.

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