Gavilan College
Gilroy, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 4,786 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 · 46 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings 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 · 0 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 · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $124,058 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (46)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 43 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 53 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Construction ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $59,911
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $26,824
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 117 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $39,701 a year afterNationally: $36,179
- HistoryAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $31,926
- International Relations and National Security StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finished
- JournalismAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 282 finishedGraduates here earned $39,423 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 126 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,345
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,648
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,698
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 47 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Real EstateCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $42,581
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 18 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
- $22,074per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $31,586sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,444Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 45%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,6696 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $49,08710 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
- 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 Gavilan 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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