2025 Best Dispute Resolution Schools in California
2Colleges in California
184Dispute Resolution Degrees Awarded
$61,577Avg Early-Career Salary
Dispute Resolution degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #296 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dispute Resolution Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 184 degrees in dispute resolution to qualified students.
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It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in dispute resolution. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.
Those dispute resolution students who get their degree from University of Southern California make $11,310 more than the average dispute resolution grad.
Pepperdine University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in dispute resolution. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Those dispute resolution students who get their degree from Pepperdine University earn $2,519 more than the average dispute resolution student.
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).