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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$16,260 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 19,312 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

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

CSUCI graduate students pay an average of $8,251 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $9,286 per 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, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFSU are $8,738 per year.

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#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means San Diego State University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $8,477 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brandman are $12,720 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $8,219 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

SCU graduate students pay an average of $25,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUDH are $8,494 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,309
Oregon 1,256
Nevada 409
Hawaii 241
Alaska 135

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

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
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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 Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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