2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in California (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in California (With Aid)

#1

California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach, California

$17,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSULB, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Long Beach are $17,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 22 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 Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

#3 in overall quality

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. CalArts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valencia, California. It awarded 7 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

CalArts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at California Institute of the Arts

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (With Aid)

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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