Program Payoff

Special Education and Teaching programs in California

100 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

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in California earn a median of $101,060 a year across 12,100 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Special Education Teachers, All Other$103,0508,920
Interpreters and Translators$70,7705,560
Special Education Teachers, Middle School$101,5304,860
Education Teachers, Postsecondary$111,8503,100
Special Education Teachers, Preschool$59,5502,510

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Associate's degree — not published 1
Alliant International University-San Diego San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published 24
American River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Associate's degree — not published —
Butte College Oroville Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Butte College Oroville Associate's degree — not published 23
Canada College Redwood City Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Canada College Redwood City Associate's degree — not published 0
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree — not published 0
Chabot College Hayward Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Chabot College Hayward Associate's degree — not published 2
Citrus College Glendora Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Citrus College Glendora Associate's degree — not published 13
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate — not published 65
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Associate's degree — not published 20
Clovis Community College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Clovis Community College Fresno Associate's degree — not published 7
Coalinga College Coalinga Associate's degree — not published 6
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Associate's degree — not published 2
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
College of the Desert Palm Desert Associate's degree — not published 18
College of the Sequoias Visalia Undergraduate certificate — not published —
College of the Sequoias Visalia Associate's degree — not published 51
Columbia College Sonora Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Compton College Compton Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Associate's degree — not published 39
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Associate's degree — not published 5
De Anza College Cupertino Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Associate's degree — not published 5
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park Undergraduate certificate — not published 43
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park Associate's degree — not published —
Evergreen Valley College San Jose Associate's degree — not published 59
Feather River Community College District Quincy Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Foothill College Los Altos Hills Undergraduate certificate — not published 7
Foothill College Los Altos Hills Associate's degree — not published 33
Fresno City College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Fresno City College Fresno Associate's degree — not published 2
Fullerton College Fullerton Associate's degree — not published 110
Golden West College Huntington Beach Associate's degree — not published 43
Imperial Valley College Imperial Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Imperial Valley College Imperial Associate's degree — not published 0
Las Positas College Livermore Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Las Positas College Livermore Associate's degree — not published 11
Long Beach City College Long Beach Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Long Beach City College Long Beach Associate's degree — not published 3
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 27
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen Undergraduate certificate — not published 23
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen Associate's degree — not published 16
Madera Community College Madera Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
MiraCosta College Oceanside Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
MiraCosta College Oceanside Associate's degree — not published 29
Mission College Santa Clara Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Modesto Junior College Modesto Undergraduate certificate — not published 11
Moorpark College Moorpark Associate's degree — not published 65
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 3
Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto Associate's degree — not published 85
Norco College Norco Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Norco College Norco Associate's degree — not published 44
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Associate's degree — not published 0
Oxnard College Oxnard Associate's degree — not published 17
Palo Verde College Blythe Undergraduate certificate — not published 9
Palo Verde College Blythe Associate's degree — not published —
Palomar College San Marcos Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Palomar College San Marcos Associate's degree — not published 49
Pasadena City College Pasadena Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Pasadena City College Pasadena Associate's degree — not published 118
Reedley College Reedley Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Riverside City College Riverside Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Riverside City College Riverside Associate's degree — not published 68
Sacramento City College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 6
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Associate's degree — not published 59
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino Associate's degree — not published 3
San Jose City College San Jose Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
San Jose City College San Jose Associate's degree — not published 18
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Undergraduate certificate — not published 23
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Associate's degree — not published 5
Santa Monica College Santa Monica Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Santa Monica College Santa Monica Associate's degree — not published 32
Santiago Canyon College Orange Undergraduate certificate — not published 7
Santiago Canyon College Orange Associate's degree — not published 19
Skyline College San Bruno Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Southwestern College Chula Vista Associate's degree — not published 37
Taft College Taft Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Taft College Taft Associate's degree — not published 4
University of Redlands Redlands Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
West Valley College Saratoga Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
West Valley College Saratoga Associate's degree — not published 19
Woodland Community College Woodland Associate's degree — not published 16
Yuba College Marysville Undergraduate certificate — 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.