College of Alameda
Alameda, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 4,487 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Other programs (35)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Apparel and TextilesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $22,886
- Apparel and TextilesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $29,795
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 30 finishedNationally: $41,208
- ChemistryCertificate · 0 finished
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $33,346
- DanceCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $28,406
- DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 51 finishedNationally: $42,934
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,690
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- HistoryAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 179 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 100 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 28 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,777
- Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $50,538
- Political Science and GovernmentCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $47,929
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degreeNationally: $27,917
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $294per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $11,850sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,258Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,8496 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $47,62710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 35%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for College of Alameda, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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