2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

With 468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information science is the #55 most popular major in California.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking.

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.

Check out the IS graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

4 Graduate Certificates

$20,600 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found California Lutheran University to be the best value school for information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

CLU graduate students pay an average of $20,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Majors Related to IS

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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