Education, General programs in California
15 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
Education Teachers, Postsecondary in California earn a median of $111,850 a year across 3,100 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Contra Costa College San Pablo | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Cuesta College San Luis Obispo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 95 |
| Cuesta College San Luis Obispo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Evergreen Valley College San Jose | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mendocino College Ukiah | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| MiraCosta College Oceanside | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Palomar College San Marcos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Riverside City College Riverside | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Teachers College of San Joaquin Stockton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 210 |
| Touro University Worldwide Los Alamitos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Woodland Community College Woodland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
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.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Education, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.