InterCoast Colleges-West Covina Mental Health and Addiction Services (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
- Private for-profit college
- West Covina, CA
- About 79 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina mental health and addiction services graduates earn about what mental health and addiction services graduates earn nationally, $37,997 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $14,267 in federal loans, close to the national median of $16,384. Several California programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all mental health and addiction services certificate programs that report the figure.
Five years out, InterCoast Colleges-West Covina graduates earn less than the national figure and about $28,432 less than the California median.
Debt and first-year pay at every California mental health and addiction services program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay falls about 2% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $151 a month, or 4.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
96% of graduates (156 of 162) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Los Angeles area are about 14% above the national average, so a $37,997 salary here buys what about $33,458 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to mental health and addiction services, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
$65,200Median pay in California. 60,310 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 33,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Healthcare Social Workers
$89,660Median pay in California. 17,690 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 16,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Psychiatric Technicians
$49,140Median pay in California. 14,100 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 22% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
$79,000Median pay in California. 19,860 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 12,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About InterCoast Colleges-West Covina
Mental Health and Addiction Services ranks 3rd of 4 certificate programs at InterCoast Colleges-West Covina by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrician Training ($40,101), HVAC ($38,137), and Mental Health and Addiction Services ($37,997).
Other mental health and addiction services certificate programs near West Covina
Common questions
The median graduate earns $37,997 one year after graduating and $37,412 five years after. The median across mental health and addiction services certificate programs in California is $59,278.
The median federal loan balance is $14,267, which ranks 4th lowest of 5 mental health and addiction services certificate programs in California. That works out to about $151 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 38% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 46%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 10% or less. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several California programs report higher pay.
Most do. 96% (156 of 162) were working in California one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the mental health and addiction services program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024