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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 16,220 people earned their degree in sports management, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 718 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 563 sports management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sports management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sports management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sports Management 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 sports management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Management (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Concordia University, Irvine

Irvine, California

#2 in overall quality

$8,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Concordia University, Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 452 masters’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

Concordia University, Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sports Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sports Management at Concordia University, Irvine

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 95 masters’s sports management degrees to qualified students.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Francisco are $26,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sports Management at USFCA

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