East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics programs in California

33 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

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in California earn a median of $101,370 a year across 99,230 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
Interpreters and Translators	$70,770	5,560
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$99,860	2,170

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	3
Cerritos College Norwalk	Associate's degree	—	not published	3
Chabot College Hayward	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	1
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga	Associate's degree	—	not published	7
City College of San Francisco San Francisco	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	26
City College of San Francisco San Francisco	Associate's degree	—	not published	11
Crafton Hills College Yucaipa	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
De Anza College Cupertino	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	17
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	22
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill	Associate's degree	—	not published	27
El Camino Community College District Torrance	Associate's degree	—	not published	8
Foothill College Los Altos Hills	Associate's degree	—	not published	7
Glendale Community College Glendale	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	8
Glendale Community College Glendale	Associate's degree	—	not published	1
Grossmont College El Cajon	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
Irvine Valley College Irvine	Associate's degree	—	not published	17
Laney College Oakland	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	4
Laney College Oakland	Associate's degree	—	not published	2
Long Beach City College Long Beach	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	0
Long Beach City College Long Beach	Associate's degree	—	not published	10
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	35
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles	Associate's degree	—	not published	13
Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
MiraCosta College Oceanside	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	0
MiraCosta College Oceanside	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	—
Palomar College San Marcos	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	6
Palomar College San Marcos	Associate's degree	—	not published	3
Pasadena City College Pasadena	Associate's degree	—	not published	28
Saddleback College Mission Viejo	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
San Diego Mesa College San Diego	Associate's degree	—	not published	11
San Diego Miramar College San Diego	Associate's degree	—	not published	—
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton	Associate's degree	—	not published	0

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 East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics — nothing else, and nothing in between.

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