Grossmont College
El Cajon, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 12,163 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.
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 17 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 · 65 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- 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 · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 57 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 57 finishedGraduates here earned $87,725 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 86 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $63,779 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (71)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $32,528
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 288 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 31 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 136 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 442 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryCertificate · 3 finished
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 80 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,657
- DanceCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $28,406
- DanceAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Digital Humanities and Textual StudiesAssociate degree
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 21 finishedNationally: $22,567
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 4 finished
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 182 finishedNationally: $42,934
- English Language and Literature, GeneralCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $27,447
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 45 finishedNationally: $24,176
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 2 finished
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 3 finished
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,878
- HistoryAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
- International BusinessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $59,091
- International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
- JournalismCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,024
- JournalismAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 980 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 784 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 63 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 19 finishedNationally: $47,456
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 18 finished
- MusicAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $26,345
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 141 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherCertificate · 0 finished
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,001
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,810
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $39,278
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $27,917
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,581
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 24 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 1 finished
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finished
- SociologyAssociate degree · 35 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $26,742
- Visual and Performing Arts, OtherAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $23,701
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,900per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,263sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,332Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 39%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,6426 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,40410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,125federal 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 Grossmont 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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