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California State University San Marcos Extended Learning (California): 11 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
California State University San Marcos Extended Learning (Higher Ed: Certificate of Completion), 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos has 11 programs on California’s Training Provider Results list leading to: CPC, CCA, CBCS; Certified Paralegal (CP); CompTIA A+ Certification; CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Network+ certifications; CompTIA ITF+ certification; CompTIA Network+ Certification and CompTIA Security+ Certification and 5 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A+ and Network+ CompTIA Certification Training (online, exam vouchers included) | $3,995 | 48 wk · 5 hrs | 65 | 89% | 83% | — | $4,498 |
| 2 | A+ CompTIA Certification Training (Online instructor-led, exam voucher included) | $2,195 | 24 wk · 4 hrs | 35 | 83% | 92% | — | $1,945 |
| 3 | Certified Paralegal (online, voucher included) | $3,150 | 48 wk · 4 hrs | 33 | 85% | 100% | — | $2,852 |
| 4 | CompTIA Network+ and Security+ Certification Training (Online, exam vouchers included) | $3,695 | 48 wk · 4 hrs | 43 | 88% | 90% | — | $3,281 |
| 5 | Freight Broker/Agent Training | $2,085 | 24 wk · 4 hrs | 27 | 78% | 71% | — | $1,773 |
| 6 | Human Resource Management | $5,000 | 56 wk · 3 hrs | 147 | 85% | 92% | — | $4,998 |
| 7 | HVAC/R Technician (online) | $3,185 | 48 wk · 7 hrs | 26 | 81% | 67% | — | — |
| 8 | Medical Billing and Coding (Online self paced, exam voucher included) | $3,295 | 48 wk · 7 hrs | 136 | 82% | 83% | — | $3,129 |
| 9 | Pharmacy Technician (online, exam voucher included) | $3,295 | 48 wk · 8 hrs | 40 | 70% | 74% | — | $2,835 |
| 10 | Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online (voucher included) | $2,695 | 24 wk · 4 hrs | 28 | 89% | 58% | — | $2,545 |
| 11 | Software Engineering Boot Camp (software/full stack developer) | $4,725 | 24 wk · 10 hrs | 28 | 75% | 100% | — | $4,340 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in California: the California provider index.