Program Payoff

Human Resources Management and Services programs in California

18 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,289 at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia.

What this work pays in California

Human Resources Specialists in California earn a median of $83,500 a year across 104,000 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
Training and Development Specialists$75,79046,530
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$86,50045,140
Human Resources Managers$170,08027,450
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$91,41013,430

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia Associate's degree $19,960 $38,289 (14 grads) 30
Institute of Technology Clovis Associate's degree $25,596 (16 grads)
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia Undergraduate certificate $9,500 not published 50
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate not published 1
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Associate's degree not published 0
Golden Gate University San Francisco Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Laney College Oakland Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Laney College Oakland Associate's degree not published 0
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Associate's degree not published
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published 6
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles Associate's degree not published 4
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published 0
National University San Diego Undergraduate certificate not published 0
San Jose City College San Jose Associate's degree not published 0
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published
University of Redlands Redlands Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Westcliff University Irvine Undergraduate certificate 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.