College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

CET-San Jose

San Jose, CA · Private nonprofit · Certificate-granting · 266 undergrads

Do students finish?

81% complete

Most students who start here finish.

For 2-year colleges this undercounts students who transfer to a 4-year school before finishing here.

What does it cost?

$16,101/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$32,986 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $14,618 median $32,986 75th pct $53,343

41% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

15 Certificate programs · $12,702 to $37,812 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Construction Trades, Other.Certificate $37,812 —

Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.Certificate $36,909 $8,347

Ground Transportation.Certificate $36,246 $6,650

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).Certificate $32,866 $6,160

Precision Metal Working.Certificate $32,198 $8,500

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Certificate $30,163 —

Housing and Human Environments.Certificate $27,943 —

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.Certificate $26,997 $7,251

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.Certificate $26,684 $6,246

Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.Certificate $25,247 $6,323

Culinary Arts and Related Services.Certificate $25,092 —

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Certificate $22,074 $5,717

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.Certificate $20,416 $5,865

Accounting and Related Services.Certificate $18,204 —

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.Certificate $12,702 —

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$6,729

≈ 20% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (15 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website