IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · California

Business, Management and Marketing colleges in California, ranked by graduates

56 colleges in California awarded at least 10 bachelor's degrees in business, management and marketing in 2023: 27,931 degrees, 15.2% of all bachelor's degrees at those colleges (18.1% across every college CollegeCalcAI tracks). San Diego State University graduated the most (2,332, 27.1% of its class). 28 of the 56 are public universities. The median acceptance rate among them is 76%; the most selective is UCLA at 9%.

Colleges

in California, 10+ degrees

Degrees awarded

27,931

2023, bachelor's

Share of degrees

15.2%

at these colleges

Median acceptance

76%

28 public, 28 private

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Business, Management and Marketing colleges in California

Every California college awarding at least 10 bachelor's degrees in business, management and marketing, ranked by 2023 graduates. Click a college for its business, management and marketing page.

#	College	Type	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	San Diego State University	Public	2,332	27.1%	36%	1340
2	Cal State Fullerton	Public	2,254	23.9%	91%	1230
3	San Jose State University	Public	1,614	25.6%	85%	1220
4	Cal State Northridge	Public	1,574	19.2%	93%	1150
5	Cal Poly Pomona	Public	1,514	25.8%	75%	1300
6	Cal State Long Beach	Public	1,399	15.9%	46%	1280
7	University of Southern California	Private	1,346	23.4%	10%	1530
8	Sacramento State University	Public	996	13.2%	94%	1170
9	UC Irvine	Public	965	11.7%	29%	1420
10	San Francisco State University	Public	961	19%	96%	1180
11	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	Public	873	17.5%	31%	1420
12	Cal State Los Angeles	Public	872	16.4%	91%	1150
13	UC Riverside	Public	815	15.1%	76%	1300
14	Cal State East Bay	Public	786	24.5%	97%	1080
15	Cal State San Bernardino	Public	726	16.8%	94%	1090
16	Fresno State University	Public	708	13.7%	95%	1160
17	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Public	581	18.4%	93%	1020
18	Chapman University	Private	560	30.7%	65%	1380
19	Cal State San Marcos	Public	537	16.2%	95%	1190
20	University of San Diego	Private	501	38.8%	52%	1360
21	UC Davis	Public	483	5.9%	42%	1380
22	Loyola Marymount University	Private	463	27.4%	45%	1370
23	Cal State Chico	Public	460	14.1%	93%	1170
24	UC San Diego	Public	429	4.8%	27%	1490
25	University of California, Berkeley	Public	425	4.6%	11%	1530
26	Cal State Stanislaus	Public	415	16.8%	98%	1080
27	Santa Clara University	Private	361	27%	48%	1430
28	UC Santa Cruz	Public	304	6.5%	66%	1180
29	California Baptist University	Private	292	15.4%	85%	1170
30	University of San Francisco	Private	275	20.9%	62%	1340
31	Pepperdine University	Private	244	29.3%	63%	1400
32	Saint Mary's College of California	Private	220	32.7%	87%	1290
33	Cal State Monterey Bay	Public	219	12.3%	97%	1130
34	Point Loma Nazarene University	Private	152	19.1%	84%	1290
35	California Lutheran University	Private	127	19.9%	76%	1230
36	Biola University	Private	126	16.4%	74%	1260
37	University of the Pacific	Private	104	13.2%	71%	1300
38	Azusa Pacific University	Private	99	8.3%	88%	1200
39	Fresno Pacific University	Private	88	16.9%	64%	1150
40	Vanguard University	Private	88	17.6%	62%	1150
41	Cal Poly Humboldt	Public	78	5.9%	98%	1150
42	Masters University	Private	78	23.9%	84%	1120
43	Westmont College	Private	51	15.7%	77%	1150
44	Concordia University Irvine	Private	50	11.9%	66%	1150
45	Dominican University (CA)	Private	43	14.5%	84%	1150
46	Jessup University	Private	42	22.3%	68%	1150
47	William Jessup University	Private	42	22.3%	93%	1120
48	Hope International University	Private	42	31.3%	33%	1120
49	La Sierra University	Private	41	18.6%	92%	1120
50	UC Santa Barbara	Public	39	0.6%	33%	1430
51	Simpson University	Private	36	20%	86%	1060
52	UCLA	Public	35	0.4%	9%	1510
53	Cal Maritime Academy	Public	27	12.1%	95%	1100
54	Pacific Union College	Private	15	10.6%	47%	1120
55	Life Pacific University	Private	13	18.6%	96%	1120
56	Claremont McKenna College	Private	11	3.2%	10%	1520

Questions about business, management and marketing colleges in California

What is the best college for business, management and marketing in California?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023, the largest business, management and marketing programs in California are San Diego State University (2,332), Cal State Fullerton (2,254), San Jose State University (1,614). "Best" depends on your profile: this page ranks every California college in the field by output and shows each one's acceptance rate and admitted SAT so you can match it to your own numbers.

How many colleges in California offer business, management and marketing?

56 four-year colleges in California awarded 10 or more bachelor's degrees in business, management and marketing in 2023, 28 public and 28 private, for 27,931 graduates in total.

Is in-state status an advantage for business, management and marketing in California?

At the 28 public universities on this list, California residents are usually admitted at a higher rate than out-of-state applicants and pay in-state tuition. CollegeCalcAI applies the residency effect when you set your home state, and the per-major adjustment when you set the major.

Business, Management and Marketing elsewhere

The same field in other states, and the national ranking.

All business, management and marketing colleges, nationally →TX · 51 AL · 22 MS · 12 NC · 35 AZ · 6 AR · 17 TN · 31 IN · 36 KY · 22 FL · 36 NY · 50 ID · 6 MA · 29 OH · 42 IL · 35 UT · 7 RI · 6 PA · 58 MI · 31 SC · 32 All colleges in California →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series), joined to CollegeCalcAI's admissions dataset. Built 2026-09-19. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.