Program Payoff

Business/Commerce, General programs in California

126 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. 6 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $35,060 at San Joaquin Delta College.

What this work pays in California

General and Operations Managers in California earn a median of $124,390 a year across 300,840 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Management Analysts$101,460137,280
Project Management Specialists$120,910114,380
Sales Managers$134,910112,440
Managers, All Other$174,56099,580
Administrative Services Managers$108,89041,240

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Associate's degree — $35,060 (14 grads) 147
College of the Redwoods Eureka Associate's degree — $32,569 (13 grads) 35
Victor Valley College Victorville Associate's degree — $29,141 (21 grads) 107
Cabrillo College Aptos Undergraduate certificate — $27,439 (16 grads) 1
Citrus College Glendora Associate's degree — $21,508 (17 grads) 0
Golden West College Huntington Beach Associate's degree — $12,468 (18 grads) 0
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Associate's degree — not published 0
DeVry University-California Ontario Associate's degree $26,339 not published 32
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Associate's degree — not published 136
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Undergraduate certificate — not published 32
American River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
American River College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 25
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster Undergraduate certificate — not published 18
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster Associate's degree — not published 19
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Associate's degree — not published —
Barstow Community College Barstow Associate's degree — not published 13
Berkeley City College Berkeley Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Berkeley City College Berkeley Associate's degree — not published 4
Cabrillo College Aptos Associate's degree — not published 49
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree — not published 1
Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest Associate's degree — not published 0
Chabot College Hayward Undergraduate certificate — not published 54
Chabot College Hayward Associate's degree — not published 0
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Associate's degree — not published 29
Clovis Community College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Coalinga College Coalinga Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Coalinga College Coalinga Associate's degree — not published —
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
College of Marin Kentfield Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
College of Marin Kentfield Associate's degree — not published 7
College of San Mateo San Mateo Associate's degree — not published 6
College of the Desert Palm Desert Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
College of the Desert Palm Desert Associate's degree — not published 11
College of the Redwoods Eureka Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
College of the Sequoias Visalia Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
College of the Sequoias Visalia Associate's degree — not published 8
College of the Siskiyous Weed Associate's degree — not published 9
Columbia College Sonora Associate's degree — not published 0
Copper Mountain Community College Joshua Tree Associate's degree — not published 6
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 10
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 21
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Undergraduate certificate — not published 243
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Associate's degree — not published 2
Cypress College Cypress Associate's degree — not published 0
DeVry University-California Ontario Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Undergraduate certificate — not published 25
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Associate's degree — not published 63
Feather River Community College District Quincy Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Feather River Community College District Quincy Associate's degree — not published 1
Folsom Lake College Folsom Associate's degree — not published 8
Fremont University Cerritos Associate's degree — not published 11
Gavilan College Gilroy Undergraduate certificate — not published 13
Gavilan College Gilroy Associate's degree — not published 11
Glendale Community College Glendale Undergraduate certificate — not published 11
Glendale Community College Glendale Associate's degree — not published 62
Grossmont College El Cajon Undergraduate certificate — not published 9
Grossmont College El Cajon Associate's degree — not published 10
Irvine Valley College Irvine Associate's degree — not published 0
Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe Associate's degree — not published 2
Las Positas College Livermore Associate's degree — not published 7
Lemoore College Lemoore Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Lemoore College Lemoore Associate's degree — not published —
Long Beach City College Long Beach Undergraduate certificate — not published 176
Long Beach City College Long Beach Associate's degree — not published 19
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 53
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 5
Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington Associate's degree — not published 6
Los Angeles Mission College Sylmar Associate's degree — not published 1
Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills Undergraduate certificate — not published 11
Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 23
Madera Community College Madera Undergraduate certificate — not published 30
Mendocino College Ukiah Associate's degree — not published 0
Merced College Merced Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Merced College Merced Associate's degree — not published 13
Merritt College Oakland Associate's degree — not published 6
MiraCosta College Oceanside Undergraduate certificate — not published 15
Mission College Santa Clara Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Mission College Santa Clara Associate's degree — not published 0
Modesto Junior College Modesto Associate's degree — not published —
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Associate's degree — not published 0
Moorpark College Moorpark Undergraduate certificate — not published 25
Moorpark College Moorpark Associate's degree — not published 50
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Associate's degree — not published 5
Napa Valley College Napa Associate's degree — not published 13
Norco College Norco Undergraduate certificate — not published 11
Norco College Norco Associate's degree — not published 9
Ohlone College Fremont Associate's degree — not published 108
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Associate's degree — not published 0
Pacific Union College Angwin Associate's degree — not published 0
Palo Verde College Blythe Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Palomar College San Marcos Associate's degree — not published 41
Porterville College Porterville Associate's degree — not published 0
Reedley College Reedley Undergraduate certificate — not published 70
Reedley College Reedley Associate's degree — not published 1
Riverside City College Riverside Undergraduate certificate — not published 21
Riverside City College Riverside Associate's degree — not published 18
Sacramento City College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Sacramento City College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 20
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Undergraduate certificate — not published 56
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Associate's degree — not published 17
San Diego City College San Diego Associate's degree — not published —
San Diego Mesa College San Diego Associate's degree — not published 18
San Diego Miramar College San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
San Diego Miramar College San Diego Associate's degree — not published —
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Undergraduate certificate — not published 14
San Jose City College San Jose Associate's degree — not published 0
Shasta College Redding Associate's degree — not published 57
Sierra College Rocklin Undergraduate certificate — not published 41
Sierra College Rocklin Associate's degree — not published 47
Southwestern College Chula Vista Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Southwestern College Chula Vista Associate's degree — not published 0
Taft College Taft Associate's degree — not published 16
Ventura College Ventura Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Ventura College Ventura Associate's degree — not published 1
West Los Angeles College Culver City Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
West Los Angeles College Culver City Associate's degree — not published 7
West Valley College Saratoga Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
West Valley College Saratoga Associate's degree — 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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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.