Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 15,358 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
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 157 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 76 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 172 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 153 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Data ProcessingAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,799
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer ScienceCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $72,159
- Computer ScienceAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
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 degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,151
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (96)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyCertificate · 9 finished
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherCertificate
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherAssociate degreeNationally: $30,481
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 168 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 81 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 46 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 181 finishedGraduates here earned $36,911 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 48 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryCertificate · 56 finished
- ChemistryAssociate degreeNationally: $36,707
- Civil EngineeringAssociate degreeNationally: $42,083
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 73 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,772
- DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $22,567
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $37,213
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 11 finished
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 90 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- Engineering, GeneralCertificateNationally: $73,676
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 26 finishedNationally: $27,003
- English Language and Literature/Letters, OtherAssociate degree
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 22 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degreeNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,382
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesCertificateNationally: $40,792
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $25,749
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Geography and CartographyCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $46,721
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 3 finished
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 91 finishedNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 234 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health-Related Knowledge and SkillsAssociate degreeNationally: $47,292
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsCertificateNationally: $34,451
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $34,949 a year afterNationally: $36,179
- HistoryAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Services, GeneralCertificateNationally: $34,193
- JournalismAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Leisure and Recreational ActivitiesAssociate degreeNationally: $25,418
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 590 finishedGraduates here earned $37,924 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $34,134
- Library and Archives AssistingCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $27,704
- Library and Archives AssistingAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $27,309
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificateNationally: $40,010
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degreeNationally: $31,627
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 43 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicCertificateNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,033
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $30,522
- PhilosophyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,505
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $39,736
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 162 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public HealthCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $42,865
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Real EstateCertificate · 27 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degreeNationally: $34,704
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $42,581
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 1 finished
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finished
- SociologyAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degreeNationally: $22,303
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $710per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,218sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,128Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 55%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $47,2666 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $56,68410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 31%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 27%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 Diablo Valley 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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