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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Information Technology Management is the 180th most popular major in the country with 4,009 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 205 information technology management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information technology management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 135 ’s information technology management degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Management Schools in California” list. It costs about $17,930 for California Information Technology Management students with aid per year to attend University of California - Santa Cruz.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of California - Santa Cruz Information Technology Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Management Schools in California For Those Getting Aid list. California Baptist University is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 25 ’s information technology management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Baptist, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Management Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California Baptist University is $26,719 for California Information Technology Management students with aid.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology Management at California Baptist University
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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
- *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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