Porterville College
Porterville, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 2,834 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
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 76 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Engineering technology
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (31)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 91 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 41 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Education, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $28,911
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $24,176
- HistoryAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 111 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $41,294
- MusicCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,701
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,648
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $41,001
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 114 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $23,489
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,071per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,301sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,438Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%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
- $33,6586 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $41,15610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 36%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 17%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 Porterville 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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