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2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$41,781 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,484 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing School for You

Marketing is the #126 most popular major in California with 112 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Marketing Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Marketing

#1

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA
$55,860 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Santa Clara University to be the best value school for marketing students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCU are $55,860 a year.

SCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Marketing Schools in California list.

Full Marketing at Santa Clara University Report

#2

California Lutheran University

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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Lutheran University is a great value for marketing students. Located in the midsize city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CLU are $45,982 a year.

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$11,343 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 3 spot on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco undergraduate students pay an average of $11,343 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

La Sierra University

Riverside, CA
$34,218 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend La Sierra University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Riverside, La Sierra is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at La Sierra are $34,218 a year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 10% of our Best Marketing Schools in California ranking.

Read full report on Marketing at University of Southern California

Best Value Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 50
Oregon 2
Nevada 0

Marketing 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 5 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 Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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