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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California

36 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

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

Women make up 53% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Claremont Graduate University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 74 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Claremont Graduate University, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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#3

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Santa Clara University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Naval Postgraduate School is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 57 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Naval Postgraduate School, 72% are male and 28% are female.

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#5

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Fielding Graduate University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in California. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

Women make up 82% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Of the 47 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Golden Gate University - San Francisco, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#8

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Of the 42 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Brandman, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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San Jose State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Of the 41 students majoring in business, management and marketing at San Jose State, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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#10

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Of the 34 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Northcentral University, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Colleges 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 36 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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