Educational/Instructional Media Design programs in California
7 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
Training and Development Specialists in California earn a median of $75,790 a year across 46,530 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in California |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional Coordinators | $97,010 | 20,950 |
| Librarians and Media Collections Specialists | $89,790 | 10,180 |
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 | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Cerritos College Norwalk | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Columbia College Sonora | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Evergreen Valley College San Jose | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 97 |
| Merritt College Oakland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
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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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 Educational/Instructional Media Design — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.