Program Payoff

San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center

Fresno, California. 7 certificate and associate programs, private, for-profit. 7 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in California.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $20,125 $52,107 (52) $64,980
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $46,869 (152) $74,400
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Undergraduate certificate $13,000 $39,009 (19) $72,560
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Associate's degree $19,584 $34,921 (190) $72,560
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Undergraduate certificate $11,667 not published $76,160
Electricians
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Associate's degree $17,710 not published $76,160
Electricians
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate $20,000 not published $64,980
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.