Project Management Schools In California
California has is only one accredited project management school where project management faculty who teach project management classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in project management in the state of California, which encompasses project management training at the project management masters degree level.
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Professional Trends
California Vs. National Project Management Employment
| California | 265,900 |
| National | 2,266,370 |
Of all of the project management professionals that work in the US, approximately 12% work in California state.
Employment Growth for Project management professionals In California
| 294,690 | 315,650 | 315,980 | 300,430 | 265,900 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of project management professionals is shrinking in California. There were 28,790 less project management professionals working in California in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 10% decline in the field. This decline is faster than the change in the number of project management professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of project management professionals has shrunk by 3% from 2006 to 2010.
Project Management VS. All Professions salaries in California
| $80,578 | $83,756 | $89,181 | $91,967 | $93,782 |
| $48,885 | $52,410 | $54,744 | $56,285 | $57,176 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Project Management
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by project management professionals is increasing in California. Project management professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $80,578 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $93,782 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Project management professionals in California
10th percentile |
$54,529 |
25th percentile |
$68,834 |
50th percentile |
$88,138 |
75th percentile |
$92,420 |
90th percentile |
$95,030 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 14%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 74% pay differential between the highest paid project management professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of project management in California.
Average Salaries for Project management professionals and related professions in California
Business Administration |
$106,637 |
Business Management |
$121,280 |
Project Management |
$93,782 |
Small Business |
$128,440 |
Project management professionals in California earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Project Management programs available for each degree type for all schools in California
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 1 |
As the number of project management professionals is decreasing in California state, the number of students graduating from the only accredited project management school in California state is decreasing. In 2006, 1,868 students graduated from project management courses in California. And in 2010, 26 students graduated.
This represents a 99% decrease in the number of project management degree or certificate school graduates in California state. Most of these graduates, or 100%, earned a master's degree in project management.