Program Payoff

Human Services, General programs in California

109 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $27,476 at San Bernardino Valley College.

What this work pays in California

Social and Human Service Assistants in California earn a median of $51,090 a year across 58,730 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Social and Community Service Managers$83,21033,510
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$58,77016,250

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino Associate's degree — $27,476 (12 grads) 30
Fresno City College Fresno Associate's degree — $25,774 (15 grads) 39
American River College Sacramento Associate's degree — $25,194 (11 grads) 27
San Diego City College San Diego Associate's degree — $24,035 (18 grads) 57
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Undergraduate certificate — not published 9
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Associate's degree — not published 4
American River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Associate's degree — not published 57
Berkeley City College Berkeley Undergraduate certificate — not published 20
Berkeley City College Berkeley Associate's degree — not published 1
Cabrillo College Aptos Undergraduate certificate — not published 16
Cabrillo College Aptos Associate's degree — not published 7
Canada College Redwood City Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Canada College Redwood City Associate's degree — not published 5
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate — not published 19
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree — not published 13
Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest Undergraduate certificate — not published 10
Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest Associate's degree — not published 4
Chabot College Hayward Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Chabot College Hayward Associate's degree — not published 14
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Associate's degree — not published 11
Clovis Community College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Clovis Community College Fresno Associate's degree — not published —
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Associate's degree — not published 11
College of San Mateo San Mateo Associate's degree — not published 0
College of the Redwoods Eureka Associate's degree — not published 7
College of the Sequoias Visalia Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
College of the Sequoias Visalia Associate's degree — not published 14
College of the Siskiyous Weed Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
College of the Siskiyous Weed Associate's degree — not published 7
Columbia College Sonora Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Columbia College Sonora Associate's degree — not published 2
Contra Costa College San Pablo Undergraduate certificate — not published 18
Contra Costa College San Pablo Associate's degree — not published 11
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 14
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Associate's degree — not published 5
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Associate's degree — not published 69
Cypress College Cypress Undergraduate certificate — not published 20
Cypress College Cypress Associate's degree — not published 18
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Folsom Lake College Folsom Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Folsom Lake College Folsom Associate's degree — not published 14
Fresno City College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Glendale Community College Glendale Associate's degree — not published 7
Imperial Valley College Imperial Associate's degree — not published 1
Las Positas College Livermore Associate's degree — not published 7
Lassen Community College Susanville Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Lassen Community College Susanville Associate's degree — not published —
Lemoore College Lemoore Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Long Beach City College Long Beach Associate's degree — not published 25
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 7
Madera Community College Madera Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Madera Community College Madera Associate's degree — not published 0
Mendocino College Ukiah Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Mendocino College Ukiah Associate's degree — not published 10
Merced College Merced Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Merced College Merced Associate's degree — not published 8
Merritt College Oakland Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Merritt College Oakland Associate's degree — not published 0
MiraCosta College Oceanside Associate's degree — not published 0
Modesto Junior College Modesto Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Modesto Junior College Modesto Associate's degree — not published 21
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Associate's degree — not published 0
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 38
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Associate's degree — not published 27
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 0
Napa Valley College Napa Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Napa Valley College Napa Associate's degree — not published 12
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Associate's degree — not published 0
Oxnard College Oxnard Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
Oxnard College Oxnard Associate's degree — not published 6
Palomar College San Marcos Undergraduate certificate — not published 7
Palomar College San Marcos Associate's degree — not published 4
Reedley College Reedley Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Reedley College Reedley Associate's degree — not published —
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Rio Hondo College Whittier Associate's degree — not published 16
Riverside City College Riverside Associate's degree — not published 0
Sacramento City College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Sacramento City College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 2
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Undergraduate certificate — not published 13
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Associate's degree — not published 14
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino Undergraduate certificate — not published 9
San Diego City College San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published —
San Diego Mesa College San Diego Associate's degree — not published —
San Diego Miramar College San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published —
San Diego Miramar College San Diego Associate's degree — not published —
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Associate's degree — not published 50
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Undergraduate certificate — not published 11
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Associate's degree — not published 6
Santiago Canyon College Orange Associate's degree — not published 3
Shasta College Redding Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Solano Community College Fairfield Undergraduate certificate — not published 18
Solano Community College Fairfield Associate's degree — not published 17
Southwestern College Chula Vista Associate's degree — not published 52
Ventura College Ventura Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Ventura College Ventura Associate's degree — not published 4
Woodland Community College Woodland Associate's degree — not published 2
Yuba College Marysville 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.

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