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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$20,600 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 547 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #45 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

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

Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School

#1

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

Our 2023 rankings named California Lutheran University the best value school in California for information technology 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.

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

Full Information Technology at California Lutheran University Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 197
Oregon 12
Nevada 44

Information Technology is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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