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San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

Bakersfield, California

  • Trade or career school
  • Private for-profit
  • City
  • 798 students

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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.

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $31,959 a year after finishingNationally: $30,575

Electrician

  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 53 finishedGraduates here earned $48,746 a year after finishingNationally: $44,469
  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $49,417 a year after finishingNationally: $55,611

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 111 finishedGraduates here earned $70,320 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $43,972 a year after finishingNationally: $42,278
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $45,756 a year after finishingNationally: $48,589

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $65,644 a year after finishingNationally: $56,388
  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 79 finishedGraduates here earned $31,671 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $31,896 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $31,891 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedGraduates here earned $35,778 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedGraduates here earned $32,222 a year after finishingNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedGraduates here earned $40,968 a year after finishingNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $41,252 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $56,484 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 67 finishedGraduates here earned $57,680 a year after finishingNationally: $58,618
Other programs (1)
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $30,025 a year afterNationally: $29,038
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$22,158$30–48k$22,216$48–75k$23,570$75–110k$28,076Over $110k$28,956Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$22,588per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$28,956sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition
$22,404Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
72%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
57%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,2476 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$43,31310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,411federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
62%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
6%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: 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 San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield, 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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