Program Payoff

Marketing programs in California

10 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

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in California earn a median of $94,700 a year across 119,070 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Sales Managers$134,910112,440
Marketing Managers$193,62054,660
Web and Digital Interface Designers$136,11027,090
Fundraisers$79,71012,860
Fundraising Managers$135,8705,430

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita Undergraduate certificate not published
Fremont University Cerritos Associate's degree not published
Golden Gate University San Francisco Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Associate's degree not published
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen Undergraduate certificate not published
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen Associate's degree not published
Modesto Junior College Modesto Associate's degree not published 0
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles Undergraduate certificate not published 0
University of Redlands Redlands Undergraduate certificate not published
Woodbury University Burbank Undergraduate certificate 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.