Program Payoff

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations programs in California

135 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

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
Managers, All Other$174,56099,580
Chief Executives$218,60034,700
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$128,4705,290
Personal Service Managers, All Other$77,8402,010

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 —
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria Associate's degree — not published 1
American River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
American River College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 12
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster Associate's degree — not published 0
Barstow Community College Barstow Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Butte College Oroville Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Butte College Oroville Associate's degree — not published 4
Cabrillo College Aptos Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Canada College Redwood City Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Canada College Redwood City Associate's degree — not published 2
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree — not published 13
Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest Associate's degree — not published 0
Chabot College Hayward Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Chabot College Hayward Associate's degree — not published 21
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga Undergraduate certificate — not published 7
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga Associate's degree — not published 6
Citrus College Glendora Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Clovis Community College Fresno Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Clovis Community College Fresno Associate's degree — not published 1
Coalinga College Coalinga Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
Coastline Community College Fountain Valley Associate's degree — not published 2
College of Alameda Alameda Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita Undergraduate certificate — not published 14
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita Associate's degree — not published 19
Columbia College Sonora Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Columbia College Sonora Associate's degree — not published 0
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Cosumnes River College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 11
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Cuyamaca College El Cajon Associate's degree — not published 3
Cypress College Cypress Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Cypress College Cypress Associate's degree — not published 0
De Anza College Cupertino Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Undergraduate certificate — not published 18
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Feather River Community College District Quincy Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Folsom Lake College Folsom Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Folsom Lake College Folsom Associate's degree — not published 7
Fullerton College Fullerton Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Fullerton College Fullerton Associate's degree — not published 4
Glendale Community College Glendale Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Glendale Community College Glendale Associate's degree — not published 0
Golden West College Huntington Beach Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Irvine Valley College Irvine Undergraduate certificate — not published 233
Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe Associate's degree — not published 0
Laney College Oakland Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Las Positas College Livermore Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Las Positas College Livermore Associate's degree — not published 7
Lemoore College Lemoore Undergraduate certificate — not published —
Long Beach City College Long Beach Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 0
Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Associate's degree — not published 0
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen Undergraduate certificate — not published 100
Los Medanos College Pittsburg Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Los Medanos College Pittsburg Associate's degree — not published 14
Mendocino College Ukiah Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Merced College Merced Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Merced College Merced Associate's degree — not published 6
Merritt College Oakland Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
MiraCosta College Oceanside Undergraduate certificate — not published 10
MiraCosta College Oceanside Associate's degree — not published 5
Mission College Santa Clara Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Modesto Junior College Modesto Undergraduate certificate — not published 6
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
Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Undergraduate certificate — not published 26
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Associate's degree — not published 10
Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Napa Valley College Napa Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Napa Valley College Napa Associate's degree — not published 2
Norco College Norco Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Palo Verde College Blythe Undergraduate certificate — not published 14
Palo Verde College Blythe Associate's degree — not published —
Palomar College San Marcos Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Pasadena City College Pasadena Undergraduate certificate — not published 182
Pasadena City College Pasadena Associate's degree — not published 4
Porterville College Porterville Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Porterville College Porterville Associate's degree — not published —
Reedley College Reedley Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Reedley College Reedley Associate's degree — not published 1
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate — not published 3
Rio Hondo College Whittier Associate's degree — not published 2
Riverside City College Riverside Undergraduate certificate — not published 9
Riverside City College Riverside Associate's degree — not published 8
Sacramento City College Sacramento Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Sacramento City College Sacramento Associate's degree — not published 0
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Associate's degree — not published 5
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
San Diego City College San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
San Diego City College San Diego Associate's degree — not published 5
San Diego Mesa College San Diego Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
San Diego Mesa College San Diego Associate's degree — not published 0
San Diego Miramar College San Diego Associate's degree — not published 2
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
San Jose City College San Jose Undergraduate certificate — not published 16
San Jose City College San Jose Associate's degree — not published 7
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Associate's degree — not published 0
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Associate's degree — not published 0
Santa Monica College Santa Monica Undergraduate certificate — not published 28
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Undergraduate certificate — not published 8
Santiago Canyon College Orange Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Santiago Canyon College Orange Associate's degree — not published 0
Shasta College Redding Undergraduate certificate — not published 5
Sierra College Rocklin Undergraduate certificate — not published 4
Sierra College Rocklin Associate's degree — not published 5
Skyline College San Bruno Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Solano Community College Fairfield Associate's degree — not published 1
Southwestern College Chula Vista Undergraduate certificate — not published 7
Southwestern College Chula Vista Associate's degree — not published 0
West Los Angeles College Culver City Undergraduate certificate — not published 2
West Los Angeles College Culver City Associate's degree — not published 3
West Valley College Saratoga Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Westcliff University Irvine Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Woodland Community College Woodland Undergraduate certificate — not published 1
Woodland Community College Woodland Associate's degree — not published 2
Yuba College Marysville Undergraduate certificate — not published 0
Yuba College Marysville Associate's degree — not published 4

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.