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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$18,617 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Channel Islands the best value school in California for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. CSUCI is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Camarillo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUCI are $8,251 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Irvine is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at San Jose State are $9,286 a year.

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#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $8,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

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#8

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

California Lutheran University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

CLU graduate students pay an average of $20,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #9, Northcentral University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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

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University of Southern California ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. 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.

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

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools 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 10 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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