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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 1,160 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #86 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor 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 analysis found California Lutheran University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the midsize city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CLU are $20,600 a 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 815
Oregon 140
Nevada 81
Hawaii 6
Alaska 16

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

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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