CET-San Diego
CET-San Diego offers hands-on training for skilled trades like welding, construction, and HVAC, as well as medical assisting. Programs are designed to move students into employment efficiently, often completing in under a year with both daytime and evening class options. The school emphasizes practical skills in an industry-simulated environment and provides job placement assistance to help students from diverse backgrounds succeed.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
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All Programs at CET-San Diego
3 trade programs at CET-San Diego, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Construction Management Technology
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection Compare nationwide → Compare in CA → |
60 | $28,485/yr | $6,323 |
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Medical Assisting
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Compare nationwide → Compare in CA → |
57 | $32,056/yr | $6,246 |
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Welding & Metalworking
Precision Metal Working Compare nationwide → Compare in CA → |
49 | $32,817/yr | $8,500 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 3 trade and vocational programs at CET-San Diego using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.