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2023 Most Popular Marketing Schools in California

11 Colleges
$46,484 Avg Salary
$22,770 Avg Student Debt

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Marketing Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Marketing program at each school on the list.

Check out the marketing programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for marketing students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Marketing Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

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

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The excellent programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best marketing schools in California. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#5

La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, La Sierra University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Riverside, La Sierra is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

With a ranking of #6, Holy Names University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for marketing students. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Phoenix - California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for marketing students. UOPX - California is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Costa Mesa.

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#6

Westcliff University

Irvine, CA

With a ranking of #6, Westcliff University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for marketing students. Located in the large city of Irvine, Westcliff University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

United States University

San Diego, CA

United States University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular marketing programs. USU is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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#6

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Marketing Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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