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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$20,447 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree School for You

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in California with 11,809 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of California - Los Angeles

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

UC Berkeley also took the #3 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Irvine are $13,356 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of California - Irvine Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great value for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCR are $13,467 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of California - Riverside Report

#6

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business administration and management programs. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northcentral University are $18,207 per year.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Northcentral University

Golden Gate University - San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Golden Gate University - San Francisco Report

With a ranking of #8, California Intercontinental University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. California Intercontinental University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at California Intercontinental University are $12,965 per year.

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University of Southern California landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of Southern California

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus graduate students pay an average of $23,918 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles Report

Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,503
Oregon 811
Nevada 270
Hawaii 200
Alaska 131

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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