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2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$20,600 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, information science students earned 516 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

Our analysis found California Lutheran University to be the best value school for information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. CLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CLU are $20,600 per year.

CLU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 214
Oregon 9
Nevada 0
Hawaii 12

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

IS Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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