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2023 Most Popular Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California

6 Colleges
$74,199 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Marketing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in marketing at USC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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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 working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

United States University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, United States University landed the # 3 spot on the list. USU is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Marketing 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.

Read full report on Marketing at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

#3

Westcliff University

Irvine, CA

Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Westcliff University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Westcliff University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great place for marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 6 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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