Program Payoff

International Business programs in California

43 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
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$87,570155,000
Chief Executives$218,60034,700
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$128,4705,290

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Undergraduate certificate not published 28
Cerritos College Norwalk Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Cerritos College Norwalk Associate's degree not published 6
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga Associate's degree not published 1
City College of San Francisco San Francisco Undergraduate certificate not published 2
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Folsom Lake College Folsom Undergraduate certificate not published 27
Fullerton College Fullerton Associate's degree not published 2
Glendale Community College Glendale Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Glendale Community College Glendale Associate's degree not published 3
Golden West College Huntington Beach Associate's degree not published 0
Grossmont College El Cajon Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Grossmont College El Cajon Associate's degree not published 0
Irvine Valley College Irvine Associate's degree not published 0
Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe Associate's degree not published 0
Long Beach City College Long Beach Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Long Beach City College Long Beach Associate's degree not published 3
Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Modesto Junior College Modesto Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey Associate's degree not published 0
Moorpark College Moorpark Undergraduate certificate not published
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Undergraduate certificate not published 28
Mt San Antonio College Walnut Associate's degree not published 4
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa Associate's degree not published 0
Palomar College San Marcos Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Palomar College San Marcos Associate's degree not published 0
Pasadena City College Pasadena Undergraduate certificate not published 21
Pasadena City College Pasadena Associate's degree not published 2
Rio Hondo College Whittier Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Rio Hondo College Whittier Associate's degree not published 0
Riverside City College Riverside Undergraduate certificate not published 6
Riverside City College Riverside Associate's degree not published 0
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Saddleback College Mission Viejo Associate's degree not published 7
Santa Ana College Santa Ana Associate's degree not published 2
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Associate's degree not published 8
Santa Monica College Santa Monica Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Santa Monica College Santa Monica Associate's degree not published 0
Southwestern College Chula Vista Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Southwestern College Chula Vista 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.