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2023 Best Value International Business Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$33,262 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,997 Avg Salary

Finding the Best International Business School for You

International Business is the #71 most popular major in California with 265 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value International Business Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for international business students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value International Business Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value International Business Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in International Business

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for international business students who want to pursue a degree in California. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$10,805 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Intercontinental University is a great value for international business students. Located in the city of Irvine, California Intercontinental University is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

California Intercontinental University undergraduate students pay an average of $10,805 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA
$45,982 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California Lutheran University is a great value for international business students. CLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks.

CLU undergraduate students pay an average of $45,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA
$13,320 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value International Business Schools in California list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at National University are $13,320 a year.

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#6

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA
$59,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Pepperdine University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value international business programs. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Malibu.

Pepperdine undergraduate students pay an average of $59,702 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value international business programs. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

USC undergraduate students pay an average of $61,503 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best International Business Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Best Value International Business Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value International Business Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 62
Oregon 43
Hawaii 0

International Business is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ninaras.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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