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2023 Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$22,746 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing School for You

With 348 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing is the #152 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for specialized marketing 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.

2023 Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for specialized marketing majors pursuing a .

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Specialized Sales

#1

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, CA
$1,198 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Orange Coast College to be the best value school for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students who want to pursue a degree in California. Orange Coast College is a large public school located in the city of Costa Mesa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Orange Coast College are $1,198 per year.

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#2

San Diego Mesa College

San Diego, CA
$1,144 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at San Diego Mesa College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best specialized sales, merchandising and marketing schools in California. Located in the city of San Diego, San Diego Mesa College is a public school with a large student population.

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

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#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA
$25,424 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in California list. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Academy of Art University are $25,424 per year. Specialized Marketing majors at Academy of Art University take out an average of $41,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$32,645 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is a great value for specialized sales, merchandising and marketing students. FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

FIDM Los Angeles undergraduate students pay an average of $32,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that specialized marketing majors at FIDM Los Angeles take out is $12,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $467, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#6

Woodbury University

Burbank, CA
$43,418 Average Tuition & Fees

Woodbury University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Specialized Sales Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Burbank, Woodbury is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Woodbury are $43,418 a year.

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Best Value Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 22
Oregon 4
Nevada 0

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & 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
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).
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