Program Payoff

Public Health programs in California

27 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $61,814 at Coalinga College.

What this work pays in California

Medical and Health Services Managers in California earn a median of $141,480 a year across 75,090 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Compliance Officers$96,98049,880
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$136,99029,830
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$165,11017,350
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$102,84016,230
Health Education Specialists$63,61012,520

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Coalinga College Coalinga Associate's degree $61,814 (29 grads)
Lemoore College Lemoore Associate's degree $25,967 (17 grads)
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Associate's degree not published
Cabrillo College Aptos Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Canada College Redwood City Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate not published
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate not published 71
Cypress College Cypress Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Foothill College Los Altos Hills Undergraduate certificate not published
Foothill College Los Altos Hills Associate's degree not published
Glendale Career College Glendale Associate's degree not published 5
La Sierra University Riverside Undergraduate certificate not published
Merritt College Oakland Undergraduate certificate not published
MiraCosta College Oceanside Associate's degree not published 4
Mission College Santa Clara Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Mission College Santa Clara Associate's degree not published 0
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Undergraduate certificate not published 0
North-West College-Pomona Pomona Associate's degree not published
North-West College-West Covina West Covina Associate's degree not published 3
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Associate's degree not published 3
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Sacramento City College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate not published 27
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Associate's degree not published 0
UEI College-Gardena Gardena 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.