San Jose City College
San Jose, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 7,105 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.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Construction Trades, GeneralCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 47 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 100 finishedGraduates here earned $54,427 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
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 · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (46)
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 62 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 58 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,772
- DanceCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $28,406
- DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 21 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $25,749
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,650
- HistoryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $48,237
- JournalismAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 130 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 212 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,993
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 37 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Real EstateCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,894
- SociologyAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $15,965per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $25,157sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,366Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 38%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,0576 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $52,46010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 21%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 29%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 San Jose City 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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