Academic Programs
Explore 63 academic programs available at Gavilan College — from certificates to degrees.
Gilroy, CA
How Many Programs Are Offered at Gavilan College?
63
Total Programs
1207
Annual Graduates
25
Program Categories
How Gavilan College Compares
With 63 programs across 25 fields of study, Gavilan College's catalog is broader than the typical trade or vocational school, where 5–15 programs is more common. The roughly 1,207 students who earn a credential each year reflect strong throughput across multiple disciplines — a sign of a school that can serve students with very different career goals under one roof.
What Programs Does Gavilan College Offer?
Liberal Arts & Humanities 4 programs • 408 graduates (33.8%)
4 programs • 408 graduates (33.8%)
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 24.0101
279
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 103 Female: 176
Award Year: 2024
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 24.0101
122
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 35 Female: 87
Award Year: 2024
Humanities/Humanistic Studies.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 24.0103
4
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 4
Award Year: 2024
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 24.0101
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 3
Award Year: 2024
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences 5 programs • 172 graduates (14.3%)
5 programs • 172 graduates (14.3%)
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 51.0000
117
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 18 Female: 99
Award Year: 2024
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 51.3901
27
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 4 Female: 23
Award Year: 2024
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 51.3801
20
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 18
Award Year: 2024
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 51.0716
7
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 7
Award Year: 2024
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 51.3901
1
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Security & Protective Services 4 programs • 86 graduates (7.1%)
4 programs • 86 graduates (7.1%)
Criminal Justice/Police Science.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 43.0107
43
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 35 Female: 8
Award Year: 2024
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 43.0103
35
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 17 Female: 18
Award Year: 2024
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 43.0103
5
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 43.0201
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Business, Management & Marketing 7 programs • 85 graduates (7.0%)
7 programs • 85 graduates (7.0%)
Business Administration and Management, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 52.0201
53
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 27 Female: 26
Award Year: 2024
Business/Commerce, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 52.0101
12
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 9
Award Year: 2024
Real Estate.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 52.1501
8
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 4 Female: 4
Award Year: 2024
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 52.0302
7
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Business/Commerce, General.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 52.0101
2
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 1 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 52.0401
2
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 1 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Real Estate.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 52.1501
1
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 3 programs • 49 graduates (4.1%)
3 programs • 49 graduates (4.1%)
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 47.0607
31
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 27 Female: 4
Award Year: 2024
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 47.0608
15
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 13 Female: 2
Award Year: 2024
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 47.0607
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Psychology 1 program • 47 graduates (3.9%)
1 program • 47 graduates (3.9%)
Psychology, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 42.0101
47
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 5 Female: 42
Award Year: 2024
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1 program • 43 graduates (3.6%)
1 program • 43 graduates (3.6%)
Biological and Physical Sciences.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 30.0101
43
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 19 Female: 24
Award Year: 2024
Communication & Journalism 3 programs • 39 graduates (3.2%)
3 programs • 39 graduates (3.2%)
Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 09.0101
19
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 7 Female: 12
Award Year: 2024
Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 09.0101
17
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 5 Female: 12
Award Year: 2024
Radio and Television.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 09.0701
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Computer & Information Sciences 5 programs • 36 graduates (3.0%)
5 programs • 36 graduates (3.0%)
Computer Programming/Programmer, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 11.0201
18
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 13 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Computer Science.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 11.0701
8
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 8 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Information Technology.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 11.0103
7
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 7 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Computer Graphics.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 11.0803
2
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 11.0901
1
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Personal & Culinary Services 2 programs • 36 graduates (3.0%)
2 programs • 36 graduates (3.0%)
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 12.0401
34
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 34
Award Year: 2024
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 12.0401
2
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 2
Award Year: 2024
Engineering Technologies 4 programs • 32 graduates (2.7%)
4 programs • 32 graduates (2.7%)
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 15.0506
16
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 12 Female: 4
Award Year: 2024
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 15.0506
9
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 6 Female: 3
Award Year: 2024
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 15.0501
4
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 4 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 15.0501
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Family & Consumer Sciences 2 programs • 27 graduates (2.2%)
2 programs • 27 graduates (2.2%)
Child Care Provider/Assistant.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 19.0709
14
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 14
Award Year: 2024
Child Care Provider/Assistant.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 19.0709
13
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 13
Award Year: 2024
Parks, Recreation & Fitness 2 programs • 24 graduates (2.0%)
2 programs • 24 graduates (2.0%)
Exercise Science and Kinesiology.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 31.0505
18
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 8 Female: 10
Award Year: 2024
Physical Fitness Technician.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 31.0507
6
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 4 Female: 2
Award Year: 2024
Social Sciences 4 programs • 21 graduates (1.7%)
4 programs • 21 graduates (1.7%)
Sociology, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 45.1101
10
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 7
Award Year: 2024
Economics, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 45.0601
4
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 2
Award Year: 2024
Political Science and Government, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 45.1001
4
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Anthropology, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 45.0201
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 3
Award Year: 2024
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 2 programs • 19 graduates (1.6%)
2 programs • 19 graduates (1.6%)
Spanish Language and Literature.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 16.0905
14
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 1 Female: 13
Award Year: 2024
Spanish Language and Literature.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 16.0905
5
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Visual & Performing Arts 4 programs • 19 graduates (1.6%)
4 programs • 19 graduates (1.6%)
Art/Art Studies, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 50.0701
10
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 6 Female: 4
Award Year: 2024
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 50.0501
5
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 3
Award Year: 2024
Music, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 50.0901
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 50.0502
1
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 1 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 1 program • 16 graduates (1.3%)
1 program • 16 graduates (1.3%)
Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 26.0101
16
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 13
Award Year: 2024
Mathematics & Statistics 1 program • 12 graduates (1.0%)
1 program • 12 graduates (1.0%)
Mathematics, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 27.0101
12
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 7 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Communications Technologies 2 programs • 9 graduates (0.7%)
2 programs • 9 graduates (0.7%)
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 10.0303
8
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 3 Female: 5
Award Year: 2024
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design.
CERTIFICATE CIP: 10.0303
1
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 0 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
English Language & Literature 1 program • 9 graduates (0.7%)
1 program • 9 graduates (0.7%)
English Language and Literature, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 23.0101
9
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 7
Award Year: 2024
History 1 program • 6 graduates (0.5%)
1 program • 6 graduates (0.5%)
History, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 54.0101
6
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 5 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Physical Sciences 1 program • 4 graduates (0.3%)
1 program • 4 graduates (0.3%)
Physics, General.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 40.0801
4
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 4 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Engineering 1 program • 3 graduates (0.2%)
1 program • 3 graduates (0.2%)
Pre-Engineering.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 14.0102
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 1
Award Year: 2024
Area & Cultural Studies 1 program • 3 graduates (0.2%)
1 program • 3 graduates (0.2%)
Women's Studies.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 05.0207
3
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 1 Female: 2
Award Year: 2024
Philosophy & Religious Studies 1 program • 2 graduates (0.2%)
1 program • 2 graduates (0.2%)
Philosophy.
ASSOCIATE CIP: 38.0101
2
graduates
Gender Distribution
Male: 2 Female: 0
Award Year: 2024
Ready to Start Your Career?
Gavilan College's catalog of 63 programs covers a broad range of fields. Find the one that matches your career goals and apply.