Cuyamaca College
El Cajon, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 7,177 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Food Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,982
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,712
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,185
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Other programs (45)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,528
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $30,481
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 124 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 41 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 97 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $33,346
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $73,676
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,447
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,382
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
- HistoryAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 38 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 57 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 196 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $60,812
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 48 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 18 finishedNationally: $47,456
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 22 finished
- MusicAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,345
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 26 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Real EstateCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,581
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,894
- SociologyAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $7,178per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,589sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,340Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 34%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,2686 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,17110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 34%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 Cuyamaca 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 6, 2026.
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