2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in California
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You
With 893 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #30 most popular major in California.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for accounting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in California
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $8,477 per year.
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Our analysis found California State University - Fullerton to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal State Fullerton are $8,410 a year.
Out of the 29 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the # 3 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $11,629 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in California list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in California. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $8,429 per year.
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University of California - Davis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.
UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $13,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
San Jose State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at San Jose State are $9,286 a year.
California State University - Long Beach landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Cal Poly Pomona graduate students pay an average of $8,873 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
California State University - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.
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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 168 |
| Oregon | 95 |
| Nevada | 73 |
| Hawaii | 22 |
| Alaska | 1 |
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Majors Related to Accounting
One of 20 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 131,555 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 31,701 |
| Human Resource Management | 12,117 |
| General Business/Commerce | 9,137 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 5,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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).
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