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Public two-year colleges in California by graduates' median earnings 4 years after
California public two-year colleges, ranked by median earnings four years after completion, from College Scorecard (September 18, 2026). At least 5 colleges must report this figure for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 4 years after | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | Los Angeles | Public, 2-year | $108,804 | 125 |
| 2 | Contra Costa College | San Pablo | Public, 2-year | $95,545 | 1,578 |
| 3 | Palomar College | San Marcos | Public, 2-year | $82,130 | 4,595 |
| 4 | Evergreen Valley College | San Jose | Public, 2-year | $74,506 | 875 |
| 5 | American River College | Sacramento | Public, 2-year | $74,069 | 4,677 |
| 6 | Napa Valley College | Napa | Public, 2-year | $71,587 | 881 |
| 7 | College of San Mateo | San Mateo | Public, 2-year | $69,861 | 1,285 |
| 8 | Chabot College | Hayward | Public, 2-year | $66,589 | 3,053 |
| 9 | Canada College | Redwood City | Public, 2-year | $65,945 | 645 |
| 10 | Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa | Public, 2-year | $64,933 | 6,314 |
| 11 | Coastline Community College | Fountain Valley | Public, 2-year | $64,396 | 1,880 |
| 12 | College of the Canyons | Santa Clarita | Public, 2-year | $64,248 | 4,714 |
| 13 | Santa Barbara City College | Santa Barbara | Public, 2-year | $63,514 | 4,074 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Harbor College | Wilmington | Public, 2-year | $63,483 | 2,624 |
| 15 | Yuba College | Marysville | Public, 2-year | $63,022 | 1,536 |
| 16 | College of Marin | Kentfield | Public, 2-year | $62,664 | 470 |
| 17 | City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | Public, 2-year | $60,859 | 4,603 |
| 18 | De Anza College | Cupertino | Public, 2-year | $60,322 | 2,734 |
| 19 | El Camino Community College District | Torrance | Public, 2-year | $60,046 | 3,781 |
| 20 | Los Medanos College | Pittsburg | Public, 2-year | $59,523 | 2,175 |
| 21 | Mendocino College | Ukiah | Public, 2-year | $59,296 | 471 |
| 22 | Grossmont College | El Cajon | Public, 2-year | $59,215 | 4,168 |
| 23 | Folsom Lake College | Folsom | Public, 2-year | $58,876 | 2,129 |
| 24 | San Jose City College | San Jose | Public, 2-year | $57,895 | 1,148 |
| 25 | College of the Siskiyous | Weed | Public, 2-year | $57,487 | 417 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard, institution-wide rather than by one program.
How to read this. This is a whole-college figure across every program, not one program's graduates -- a college with mostly graduate or professional programs will show higher earnings than one that is mostly certificates. Completions shown alongside it are the latest IPEDS total on file.
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