Compton College
Compton, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 3,142 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 · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
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 ScienceAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 64 finishedGraduates here earned $89,224 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (30)
- Area StudiesAssociate degree
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 81 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansCertificateNationally: $43,996
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,346
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $24,176
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,599
- HistoryAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 377 finishedGraduates here earned $32,187 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 446 finishedGraduates here earned $33,089 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $34,698
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Real EstateCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,894
- SociologyAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $22,662per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $31,220sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,142Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 28%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,8936 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $41,66410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Compton College, 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 5, 2026.
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