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Best Value Marketing Associate Degree Schools in California

2023 Best Value Marketing Associate Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$32,645 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,753 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing Associate Degree School for You

With 1,328 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, marketing is the #77 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Marketing Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Marketing

Our 2023 rankings named FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles the best value school in California for marketing students working on their associate degree. FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FIDM Los Angeles are $32,645 per year. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $665, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#2

Fremont College

Cerritos, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Fremont College is a great value for marketing students working on their associate degree. Fremont College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cerritos.

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Best Value Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,109
Oregon 477
Nevada 311
Hawaii 128
Alaska 19

Marketing is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
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 Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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