Undergraduate certificate · Temecula, California
Is Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,328
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $36,938
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$107k (likely −$127k – −$88k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$133k (likely −$175k – −$82k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 80%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$77,759
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Associate's)$61,662
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate certificate)$58,405
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Undergraduate certificate)$55,594
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Associate's)$49,445
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Associate's)$46,147
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$44,103
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$37,439
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Undergraduate certificate)$36,595
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$35,734
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$34,930
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,797
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at other schools in California
- Cabrillo College$84,260
- Blake Austin College$42,557
- National Career College$41,517
- Carrington College-Sacramento$41,061
- Carrington College-San Leandro Campus$41,061
- Carrington College-San Jose$41,061
- Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus$41,061
- Carrington College-Stockton$41,061
- Concorde Career College-North Hollywood$40,611
- Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts$39,871