Last Updated on August 3, 2023 by Sidharth PS
In this post, I’ve compiled a list of best business schools in California. Here, readers will find the following details – rankings, list of business schools, fees/cost, address & contact details, degrees/awards, majors/programs and more.
Affordable/Cheapest Business Schools in California for 2022
College |
Fees/Cost |
| University of the People | $1,489 |
| Imperial Valley College | $1,814 |
| College of the Sequoias | $2,264 |
| Oxnard College | $2,628 |
| MiraCosta College | $2,856 |
| Cerritos College | $3,128 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | $3,255 |
| Hacienda La Puente Adult Education | $3,294 |
| Ventura College | $3,936 |
| Glendale Community College | $4,210 |
| Fresno City College | $4,320 |
| Moorpark College | $4,336 |
| Irvine Valley College | $4,352 |
| CET-Coachella | $4,359 |
| Cuyamaca College | $4,368 |
| Mt San Antonio College | $4,387 |
| Clovis Community College | $4,432 |
| Reedley College | $4,482 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | $4,594 |
| Porterville College | $4,624 |
| College of San Mateo | $4,639 |
| Skyline College | $4,732 |
| Canada College | $4,870 |
| Grossmont College | $4,924 |
| Long Beach City College | $5,041 |
| Citrus College | $5,194 |
| Golden West College | $5,530 |
| City College of San Francisco | $5,571 |
| Cypress College | $5,580 |
| Santiago Canyon College | $5,600 |
| Pasadena City College | $5,633 |
| Las Positas College | $5,678 |
| California State University-Bakersfield | $5,771 |
| Yuba College | $5,825 |
| Orange Coast College | $5,936 |
| Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education | $5,979 |
| California State University-Fresno | $6,002 |
| Santa Monica College | $6,006 |
| Cosumnes River College | $6,081 |
| Allan Hancock College | $6,225 |
| Antelope Valley College | $6,234 |
| De Anza College | $6,238 |
| Mission College | $6,249 |
| Sierra College | $6,257 |
| Southwestern College | $6,329 |
| Bakersfield College | $6,390 |
| Woodland Community College | $6,452 |
| ABC Adult School | $6,500 |
| Copper Mountain Community College | $6,511 |
| Shasta College | $6,518 |
| College of the Canyons | $6,538 |
| Gavilan College | $6,605 |
| Foothill College | $6,662 |
| College of the Redwoods | $6,665 |
| Santa Ana College | $6,757 |
| Riverside City College | $6,782 |
| Moreno Valley College | $6,858 |
| San Diego Miramar College | $6,887 |
| Sacramento City College | $6,972 |
| Palomar College | $6,988 |
| Chabot College | $7,005 |
| California State University-Stanislaus | $7,069 |
| Folsom Lake College | $7,078 |
| Norco College | $7,086 |
| American River College | $7,089 |
| Rio Hondo College | $7,123 |
| Hartnell College | $7,127 |
| Solano Community College | $7,257 |
| Saddleback College | $7,298 |
| Diablo Valley College | $7,311 |
| San Diego City College | $7,430 |
| Los Medanos College | $7,443 |
| San Diego Mesa College | $7,483 |
| CET-El Centro | $7,485 |
| West Valley College | $7,541 |
| Contra Costa College | $7,585 |
| Butte College | $7,613 |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District | $7,736 |
| College of Alameda | $7,869 |
| California State University-San Bernardino | $7,876 |
| Mendocino College | $7,930 |
| Taft College | $8,089 |
| Riverside County Office of Education-School of Career Education | $8,113 |
| Fullerton College | $8,198 |
| California State University-Fullerton | $8,294 |
| College of Marin | $8,593 |
| Los Angeles Trade Technical College | $8,670 |
| California State University-Northridge | $8,694 |
| Los Angeles Southwest College | $8,752 |
| Los Angeles City College | $8,875 |
| Coastline Community College | $8,882 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | $8,993 |
| College of the Siskiyous | $9,073 |
| San Bernardino Valley College | $9,209 |
| West Hills College-Coalinga | $9,260 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College | $9,401 |
| West Los Angeles College | $9,408 |
| Santa Barbara City College | $9,416 |
| Victor Valley College | $9,863 |
| California State University-Long Beach | $9,903 |
| West Hills College-Lemoore | $10,030 |
| Cerro Coso Community College | $10,070 |
| California State University-Sacramento | $10,271 |
| Lassen Community College | $10,330 |
| CET-Santa Maria | $10,491 |
| Charles A Jones Career and Education Center | $10,525 |
| CET-Salinas | $10,553 |
| Barstow Community College | $10,601 |
| Los Angeles Valley College | $10,778 |
| Cuesta College | $10,860 |
| California State University-East Bay | $10,902 |
| Feather River Community College District | $10,978 |
| Columbia College | $10,983 |
| Los Angeles Harbor College | $10,996 |
| East Los Angeles College | $11,015 |
| Stellar Career College | $11,274 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | $11,585 |
| Palo Verde College | $11,587 |
| Ohlone College | $11,648 |
| El Camino Community College District | $11,719 |
| Los Angeles Mission College | $11,727 |
| Berkeley City College | $11,856 |
| Laurus College | $11,878 |
| Chaffey College | $11,937 |
| Monterey Peninsula College | $12,022 |
| University of the West | $12,116 |
| Modesto Junior College | $12,131 |
| Merced College | $12,147 |
| Compton College | $12,173 |
| College of the Desert | $12,270 |
| Cabrillo College | $12,371 |
| California State University-Monterey Bay | $12,468 |
| Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | $12,650 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | $12,692 |
| Ventura Adult and Continuing Education | $12,735 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | $12,843 |
| California State University-San Marcos | $13,010 |
| University of California-Riverside | $13,045 |
| Merritt College | $13,146 |
| University of Phoenix-California | $13,223 |
| Laney College | $13,426 |
| California State University-Channel Islands | $13,548 |
| Abraham Lincoln University | $13,773 |
| San Jose City College | $13,818 |
| University of California-Merced | $14,013 |
| Evergreen Valley College | $14,076 |
| San Jose State University | $14,471 |
| San Diego State University | $14,499 |
| Napa Valley College | $14,726 |
| Humboldt State University | $14,766 |
| California State University-Chico | $14,843 |
| University of California-San Diego | $14,864 |
| San Francisco State University | $15,166 |
| University of California-Irvine | $15,268 |
| Santa Barbara Business College-Santa Maria | $15,312 |
| Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield | $15,353 |
| Angeles College | $15,468 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | $15,718 |
| Mt. Diablo Adult Education-Mt. Diablo USD | $15,824 |
| University of California-Davis | $15,886 |
| Clovis Adult Education | $16,583 |
| National Career College | $16,734 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | $16,767 |
| Crafton Hills College | $16,771 |
| Stanford University | $16,779 |
| California Miramar University | $16,794 |
| Sonoma State University | $17,086 |
| MTI College | $17,774 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | $17,889 |
| University of California-Berkeley | $18,522 |
| Bethesda University | $18,561 |
| American Jewish University | $18,651 |
| Los Angeles Pacific University | $18,681 |
| California State University Maritime Academy | $18,882 |
| Asher College | $19,086 |
| Fresno Pacific University | $19,298 |
| Westcliff University | $19,907 |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | $20,376 |
| Touro University Worldwide | $20,390 |
| Ashford University | $20,415 |
| Life Pacific University | $20,642 |
| ABCO Technology | $20,748 |
| Hope International University | $20,850 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | $21,232 |
| Central Coast College | $21,338 |
| Diversified Vocational College | $21,754 |
| Simpson University | $22,081 |
| Premiere Career College | $22,143 |
| Pacific Union College | $22,585 |
| Fremont College | $22,618 |
| Empire College | $22,814 |
| William Jessup University | $22,968 |
| California Baptist University | $23,055 |
| Platt College-Ontario | $23,089 |
| Holy Names University | $23,407 |
| Brandman University | $23,781 |
| InterCoast Colleges-Santa Ana | $23,908 |
| Advanced College | $23,915 |
| Milan Institute-Visalia | $23,992 |
| Platt College-Anaheim | $24,211 |
| Claremont McKenna College | $24,456 |
| California College San Diego | $24,643 |
| Notre Dame de Namur University | $24,682 |
| California College San Diego | $24,762 |
| Summit College | $24,865 |
| La Sierra University | $25,414 |
| Mills College | $25,417 |
| Pacific College | $25,432 |
| United Education Institute-Encino | $25,445 |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia | $25,516 |
| UEI College-Gardena | $25,540 |
| United Education Institute-West Covina | $25,627 |
| Platt College-Riverside | $25,654 |
| Platt College-Los Angeles | $25,958 |
| United Education Institute-Ontario | $25,985 |
| DeVry University-California | $26,056 |
| United Education Institute-Anaheim | $26,114 |
| United Education Institute-Huntington Park Campus | $26,149 |
| San Diego Christian College | $26,278 |
| Woodbury University | $26,349 |
| Whittier College | $26,363 |
| United Education Institute-Chula Vista | $26,668 |
| United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos | $26,696 |
| University of Saint Katherine | $26,931 |
| Menlo College | $27,233 |
| United Education Institute-UEI College Stockton | $27,354 |
| California Institute of Technology | $27,438 |
| Azusa Pacific University | $27,707 |
| University of La Verne | $27,933 |
| UEI College-Riverside | $27,996 |
| Cogswell University of Silicon Valley | $28,103 |
| Concordia University-Irvine | $28,435 |
| UEI College-Bakersfield | $28,960 |
| UEI College-Fresno | $29,287 |
| National University | $29,382 |
| California Technical Academy | $29,493 |
| California Lutheran University | $29,693 |
| Mount Saint Mary’s University | $29,708 |
| The Master’s University and Seminary | $30,268 |
| John Paul the Great Catholic University | $30,581 |
| University of Redlands | $31,180 |
| Academy of Art University | $31,759 |
| Westmont College | $32,663 |
| University of the Pacific | $33,178 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | $33,183 |
| Biola University | $33,331 |
| California Aeronautical University | $33,534 |
| Dominican University of California | $34,905 |
| Glendale Career College | $35,363 |
| Marymount California University | $35,925 |
| University of San Diego | $35,936 |
| Pitzer College | $36,552 |
| Saint Mary’s College of California | $36,613 |
| University of Southern California | $37,521 |
| University of San Francisco | $38,422 |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | $38,995 |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San Francisco | $39,343 |
| Scripps College | $39,702 |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles | $41,020 |
| California College of the Arts | $42,065 |
| Santa Clara University | $42,114 |
| Pepperdine University | $42,135 |
| Chapman University | $43,767 |
| Hussian College-Los Angeles | $44,791 |
| Loyola Marymount University | $47,292 |
| Alliant International University-San Diego | NA |
| America Evangelical University | NA |
| Antioch University-Los Angeles | NA |
| Antioch University-Santa Barbara | NA |
| California Institute of Advanced Management | NA |
| California Intercontinental University | NA |
| Claremont Graduate University | NA |
| Claremont Lincoln University | NA |
| Escondido Adult School | NA |
| Fielding Graduate University | NA |
| Golden Gate University-San Francisco | NA |
| International Technological University | NA |
| Learnet Academy Inc | NA |
| Lincoln University | NA |
| Los Angeles Pacific College | NA |
| Meridian University | NA |
| Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey | NA |
| Naval Postgraduate School | NA |
| Northcentral University | NA |
| Northwestern Polytechnic University | NA |
| Oak Valley College | NA |
| Pacific Oaks College | NA |
| Pacific States University | NA |
| Pathways College | NA |
| Poway Adult School | NA |
| San Diego Global Knowledge University | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Atascadero | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Delano | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Hanford Classroom | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Hesperia | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Madera | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Porterville | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Santa Maria | NA |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula | NA |
| Saybrook University | NA |
| Sofia University | NA |
| Southern States University | NA |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine | NA |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles | NA |
| United States University | NA |
| University of Antelope Valley | NA |
| University of West Los Angeles | NA |
| Vista Adult School | NA |
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For ranking colleges, we have used the ‘affordability’ factor. With each passing year, cost of higher-education is rising. Keeping this fact in mind, we have decided to rank institutes on the basis of cost/expenses and affordability.
I am Vishnu Nambiar a career and educational blogger from India. I am also a full time educational consultant having more than 12 years of experience in the educational sector.
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