Taft College
Taft, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Town
- 3,556 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 · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Engineering technology
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,889
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 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 ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (23)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 92 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 48 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 35 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $40,381
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 66 finishedNationally: $38,650
- HistoryAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 158 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 78 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 31 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $37,810
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $41,894
- SociologyAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,362per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,305sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,108Source: 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
- $38,6346 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,26510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal 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 Taft 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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