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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

5 Ranked Colleges
229 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 313 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,780 and $62,291 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 229 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend UCLA is $9,254 for california bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USC is $16,252 for california bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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#3

University of Redlands

Redlands, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Redlands landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Redlands is a small school located in Redlands, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Redlands not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Redlands is $22,240 for california bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 Redlands Arts & Media Management Report

#4

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #4 spot on the list. University of the Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pacific is $23,385 for California Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

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#5

Los Angeles Film School

Hollywood, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Film School landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hollywood, California, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

LA Film School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Los Angeles Film School is $31,259 for California Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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