Vocational Programs at CET-Watsonville

CET-Watsonville is a Less than 2-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Watsonville, California. Its published tuition & fees of Building Construction Technology program, which is the largest program at the school, is $15,249 for the academic year 2024-2025.

A total of 142 students are attending the school and its graduation rate is 83%. CET-Watsonville has 5 vocational programs.

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Largest Programs Costs and Completion Time

The largest program at CET-Watsonville is Building Construction Technology and its 2025 tuition & fees are $15,249. For reference, the average tuition for the Building Construction Technology program of all trade schools in the United States is $12,247.

The following table shows the largest program information including tuition, books and supplies costs, program length, and average completion time.

2025 Costs and Completion Information of Largest Programs
Program Name	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Building Construction Technology	$15,249	-	900 Hours	8 Months
National Average	$12,247	-	913 Hours	10.08 Months
Welding Technology / Welder	$15,500	-	900 Hours	8 Months
National Average	$10,695	-	753 Hours	9.71 Months
Medical / Clinical Assistant	$15,249	-	900 Hours	8 Months
National Average	$16,239	-	318 Hours	9.35 Months
Construction Trades (other)	$11,476	-	630 Hours	6 Months
National Average	$9,481	-	1,590 Hours	15.00 Months
Medical Office Assistant / Specialist	$11,476	-	630 Hours	6 Months
National Average	$13,812	-	341 Hours	8.54 Months

2025 Average Costs of Attendance

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average tuition & fees are $15,249 at CET-Watsonville. The total cost of attendance is $31,937 when a student lives off-campus.

2025 Average Costs of Attendance
Tuition & Fees	$15,249
Books & Supplies	-
Room & Board	$12,353
Other Living Expenses	$4,335
Total Cost of Attendace (COA)	$31,937

¹CET-Watsonville does not offer on-campus housing facilities and the COA is computed based on off-campus living.

Vocational Programs Information

Total Number of Vocational Programs
	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Overall Programs	NOT OFFERED	2	3	NOT OFFERED

CET-Watsonville offers 5 certificate and vocational programs through 1-year certificate and 2-Years Certificate programs. All certificate programs are conducted on-site education.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree programs.

List of Vocational Programs at CET-Watsonville

Construction Trades

What is Precision Production Trades program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Building Construction Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	34	NOT OFFERED
Construction Trades (other)	NOT OFFERED	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Welding Technology/Welder	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Welding Technology/Welder	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29	NOT OFFERED
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical/Clinical Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	18	NOT OFFERED

Important Statistics for Prospective Students

The graduation rate at CET-Watsonville is 83%. The students to faculty ratio is 24 to 1 an the retention rate is 69%.

Key Academics Stats
Graduation Rate	83%
Retention Rate	69%(full-time)
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1
Student Population	142 Students
Number of Faculties	10 Faculties
Number of Staffs	16 Staffs

On-Campus Student Services

CET-Watsonville provides a number of student services including academic/career counseling services, employment services for students, Placement services for completers.

On-Campus Student Services
Academic/career counseling service	Yes
Employment services for students	Yes
Placement services for completers	Yes
On-campus day care for students' children	No
Library facilities at institution	N/A

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