Fresno, CA (population: 490,930) has two international business schools within its city limits. Fresno Pacific University, the highest ranked school in the city with an international business program, has a total student population of 2,668. It is the 326th highest ranked school in the USA and the 24th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about international business programs in Fresno, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of international business professors at Fresno Pacific University such as Janita Rawls.
International Business students from Fresno schools who go on to become international business consultants, international business specialists, international businessmen, international businesswomen, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Business operations specialists make on average $65,960 per year and there are about 1,036,450 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Fresno area alone, there are 3,270 employed business operations specialists earning an average salary of $53,120. Business and financial operations employees in this area earn $56,790/yr and there are 13,170 employed.
Fresno lies in Fresno county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Fresno area has 323,470 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $40,460 average annual salary. Thus, about 41 out of every 1000 jobs in Fresno are held by business and financial operations employees, and 10/1000 are held by business operations specialists.
Of the 2 international business schools in Fresno, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Central Valley Campus comes out as the most expensive ($24,869/yr) for international business students, with Fresno Pacific University as the lowest, reported at only $17,068/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Fresno |
| Hanford | CA | 51,853 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.1 miles |
| Visalia | CA | 127,444 | 7 | 18.6498 | 161 | 40.6 miles |
| Merced | CA | 78,579 | 3 | 29.789 | 150 | 52.4 miles |
| Porterville | CA | 53,185 | 1 | 11.8615 | 42 | 65.3 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 85.9 miles |
| Sonora | CA | - | 1 | 10.5858 | 57 | 89.4 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 89.9 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 95.8 miles |