Palo Alto College
San Antonio, Texas
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 8,801 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
- Agriculture, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,346
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Food Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,934
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 59 finishedGraduates here earned $22,848 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 50 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,056
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,477
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $38,836 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 71 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (41)
- Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,672
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 173 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 49 finishedNationally: $41,208
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Civil EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,083
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,346
- DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
- HistoryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,926
- International Relations and National Security StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 981 finishedNationally: $34,134
- Library and Archives AssistingAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,309
- MarketingAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,094
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $52,218
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,701
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,827
- SociologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $23,489
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $29,038
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,887per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $11,284sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,412Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 26%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $35,9026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $41,98910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 36%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 Palo Alto 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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