Program Payoff

Computer Systems Analysis programs in California

19 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in California

Computer Systems Analysts in California earn a median of $127,720 a year across 59,060 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$128,74027,710
Computer Network Architects$158,87014,870
Computer Network Support Specialists$79,19013,620
Database Architects$170,1606,210
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$128,2102,480

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree not published 4
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Los Angeles Mission College Sylmar Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published
Merced College Merced Undergraduate certificate not published
Mission College Santa Clara Undergraduate certificate not published 31
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Associate's degree not published 0
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Norco College Norco Undergraduate certificate not published
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Riverside City College Riverside Undergraduate certificate not published
Sacramento City College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Sierra College Rocklin Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Sierra College Rocklin Associate's degree not published 1

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.