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Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in California

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$1,158 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,711 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree School for You

With 1,485 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, finance and financial management is the #72 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for finance 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Finance & Financial Management

#1

San Diego Miramar College

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego Miramar College the best value school in California for finance and financial management students working on their associate degree. San Diego Miramar College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at San Diego Miramar College are $1,144 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Glendale Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in California list. GCC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Glendale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GCC are $1,171 per year.

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Best Value Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 907
Oregon 405
Nevada 296
Hawaii 112
Alaska 18

One of 21 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Dave Dugdale.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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