Which CET-San Jose certificate program has the lowest debt?

Office Administration graduates leave with a median of $5,894 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 CET-San Jose certificate programs that report debt.

How much does CET-San Jose cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $16,375 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $16,101.

How many CET-San Jose programs report graduate pay?

12 certificate programs at CET-San Jose report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

CET-San Jose Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit school
San Jose, CA
266 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 CET-San Jose certificate programs report what graduates earn. Electronics Repair pays the most in the first year ($42,828), and Accounting the least ($14,972). The median program pays $30,271.

Tuition for the largest program$16,375Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$16,101After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate81%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 12 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
1	Electronics RepairGraduates a year not reported	$42,828	$58,350	$8,400	1st of 2
2	HVACAbout 14 graduates a year	$35,970	$48,636	$6,160	7th of 11
3	Housing and Human EnvironmentsGraduates a year not reported	$35,261	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationGraduates a year not reported	$34,665	$40,705	$6,650	2nd of 2
5	Welding and MachiningGraduates a year not reported	$32,817	$40,269	$8,424	5th of 7
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year	$32,056	$33,140	$6,528	11th of 55
7	Construction Finishing and InspectionAbout 1 graduates a year	$28,485	$32,178	$6,425	2nd of 2
8	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 23 graduates a year	$26,336	$39,279	$7,257	10th of 11
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 5 graduates a year	$25,727	$27,237	$5,900	24th of 32
10	Office AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$23,009	$27,178	$5,894	9th of 11
11	Sales and MerchandisingGraduates a year not reported	$15,849	$25,447	Not reported	1st of 1
12	AccountingGraduates a year not reported	$14,972	$23,660	$6,729	5th of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electronics Repair$42,828
HVAC$35,970
Housing and Human Environments$35,261
Truck Driving and Equipment Operation$34,665
Welding and Machining$32,817

Lowest median debt

Office Administration$5,894
Health and Medical Administration$5,900
HVAC$6,160
Construction Finishing and Inspection$6,425
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$6,528

Largest programs

Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 23 graduates a year
HVACAbout 14 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 5 graduates a year
Construction Finishing and InspectionAbout 1 graduates a year

Common questions

Electronics Repair graduates earn a median of $42,828 in their first year, the most of 12 CET-San Jose certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels